Decadent Virtues
New-Age Froth and Feel-Good Ethics Come to the Fore
LONDON, OCT. 22, 2005 (
Zenit.org).- Western Europe and the United States are decadent societies because they have abandoned a morality based on the traditional virtues. So says a book just published by the London-based Social Affairs Unit, “Decadence: The Passing of Personal Virtue and Its Replacement by Political and Psychological Slogans.”
Edited by Digby Anderson, the volume brings together authors from a variety of backgrounds and views. A first section contains essays on the “old” virtues, such as prudence, love and courage. The second deals with the “new” virtues, centered on the environment, caring, therapy and being critical.
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