American Values
American Values | Religion Is Essential to a Moral Society
Philip Yancey explains in the subsequent viewpoint why a moral society is necessarily a religious society. He claims that contemporary America’s secularism has reduced the concept of morality to a question of personal choice. According to Yancey, the ability to make authentic judgments about right and wrong requires the guidance of religion; any moral system set down by secularists is completely arbitrary, since it has no higher authority as its foundation. Yancey is the author of many books, including the recent What’s So Amazing About Grace??
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: What Values Should America Uphold?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Capitalism Promotes Positive Values
- Capitalism Does Not Promote Positive Values
- Religion Is Essential to a Moral Society
- Religion Is Not Essential to a Moral Society
- Society’s Well-Being Depends upon the Traditional Family
- Society’s Well-Being Does Not Depend upon the Traditional Family
- Chapter 1 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 2: Is America in Moral Decline?
- Chapter 3: How Do the Media Influence American Values?
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Chapter 4: What Measures Would Improve American Values?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Shame Deters Immoral Behavior
- Shame Is a Form of Censorship
- The Government Should Legislate Morality
- The Government Should Not Legislate Morality
- Public Schools Should Provide Character Education
- Public Schools Should Not Provide Character Education
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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