Citing the decline of Rome, France, Spain and England, which dominated and influenced the world during their days of glory, many claim that their past now portends our future. Our society has become freedom affluent, to such an extent that we seem obsessed with rights, while ignoring responsibility. To paraphrase Thomas Merton in his book Seeds of Destruction, if a society adopts a position where the dominant philosophy is every man for himself, leading to the rejection of altruism and sacrifice, it can only find its way out of such an impasse by growing into a new society. The current culture shows a trend toward permitting activities that would be restricted under historical standards for morality, sexuality and freedom of speech. Many in our polarized society see the results as a decline in principals, religion, education and values. Abortion, promiscuity, and hedonism are in vogue, and have a corrupting influence on families, which must be the basic foundation of any
Citing the decline of Rome, France, Spain and England, which dominated and influenced the world during their days of glory, many claim that their past now portends our future. Our society has become freedom affluent, to such an extent that we seem obsessed with rights, while ignoring responsibility. To paraphrase Thomas Merton in his book Seeds of Destruction, if a society adopts a position where the dominant philosophy is every man for himself, leading to the rejection of altruism and sacrifice, it can only find its way out of such an impasse by growing into a new society. The current culture shows a trend toward permitting activities that would be restricted under historical standards for morality, sexuality and freedom of speech. Many in our polarized society see the results as a decline in principals, religion, education and values. Abortion, promiscuity, and hedonism are in vogue, and have a corrupting influence on families, which must be the basic foundation of any