Liberal Democracy became the norm in Western societies after World War II and formed the basis for the world economic and political order. What is the National Conservative challenge to that, and how can those believing in liberal democracy respond?
At our last meeting there seemed to be good acceptance that what I called Secular Liberal Humanism determines the moral framework of most countries in the West. We also agreed that this is not recognised and celebrated for the force it is. Part of the problem is that it has no recognised name. I was tasked with suggesting some names.
This new “universal” morality became based on the liberal ideas of freedom and equality that emerged in Britain and the USA in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, alongside natural humanistic ideals of behaviour. It has no recognised name, for want of a better phrase I call it secular liberal humanism. It has transformed our lives.
Liberal Democracy became the norm in Western societies after World War II and formed the basis for the world economic and political order. What is the National Conservative challenge to that, and how can those believing in liberal democracy respond?
At our last meeting there seemed to be good acceptance that what I called Secular Liberal Humanism determines the moral framework of most countries in the West. We also agreed that this is not recognised and celebrated for the force it is. Part of the problem is that it has no recognised name. I was tasked with suggesting some names.
This new “universal” morality became based on the liberal ideas of freedom and equality that emerged in Britain and the USA in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, alongside natural humanistic ideals of behaviour. It has no recognised name, for want of a better phrase I call it secular liberal humanism. It has transformed our lives.