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Now what? | George Weigel | First Things

The reconstruction of a morally serious political culture is essential, if American democracy is not to descend into incoherence and what an eminent churchman once called the “dictatorship of relativism.” That reconstruction could start with U.S. Catholics leavening our politics—and the culture as a whole—with Catholic social doctrine.



Now what? | George Weigel | First Things

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  1. Michael11 May, 2016

    Modern Society is not becoming a "dictatorship of relativism" rather that is an attempt to disparage changing moral principles that some authors like George Weigel don't agree with.

    It used to be a principle of society, held by the majority of its ethical teachers that homosexuality was a abomination and was often treat religiously as a sin and legally as an offense. Some religions have changed their viewpoints but many haven't. Society on the other hand has changed to the principle that people have the right to exercise their sexual preference. A relativistic society would maintain that sometimes it's okay to suppress homosexuality, while other times it isn't. That isn't the case. The primciple is unchanging. People have a right to their sexual preference.

    Paradoxically, the right of some faith communities to disagree with that is another principle of modern society. They don't agree but support their right within their faith community to not accept homosexual behavior. It's paradoxical as only a few hundred years ago such principle of allowing acceptance or rejection of a opinon was not allowed. One absolutism has been replaced by another.

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