The right side of history : how reason and moral purpose made the West great
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New York, NY : Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019].
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Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780062857903, 0062857908
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xxvii, 256 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Burleson Public Library - Nonfiction
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Published
New York, NY : Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780062857903, 0062857908

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-241) and index.
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Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro argues that Western Civilization is in the midst of a crisis of purpose and ideas. Our freedoms are built upon the twin notions that every human being is made in God's image and that human beings were created with reason capable of exploring God's world. We can thank these values for the birth of science, the dream of progress, human rights, prosperity, peace, and artistic beauty. Jerusalem and Athens built America, ended slavery, defeated the Nazis and the Communists, lifted billions from poverty and gave billions spiritual purpose. Jerusalem and Athens were the foundations of the Magna Carta and the Treaty of Westphalia; they were the foundations of Declaration of Independence, Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail. Civilizations that rejected Jerusalem and Athens have collapsed into dust. The USSR rejected Judeo-Christian values and Greek natural law, substituting a new utopian vision of "social justice" -- and they starved and slaughtered tens of millions of human beings. The Nazis rejected Judeo-Christian values and Greek natural law, and they shoved children into gas chambers. Venezuela rejects Judeo-Christian values and Greek natural law, and citizens of their oil-rich nation have been reduced to eating dogs. We are in the process of abandoning Judeo-Christian values and Greek natural law, favoring instead moral subjectivism and the rule of passion. And we are watching our civilization collapse into age-old tribalism, individualistic hedonism, and moral subjectivism. We believe we can reject Judeo-Christian values and Greek natural law and satisfy ourselves with intersectionality, or scientific materialism, or progressive politics, or authoritarian governance, or nationalistic solidarity. We can't.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Shapiro, B. (2019). The right side of history: how reason and moral purpose made the West great (First edition.). Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Shapiro, Ben. 2019. The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great. Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

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Shapiro, Ben. The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.

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Shapiro, Ben. The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great First edition., Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.

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