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  • Debating the Enlightenment and its Alternatives

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    Reading Time: 22 minutesThis is a summary and critique of a debate hosted by the Institute of Art and Ideas. In the videos cited below, Steven Pinker and John Mearsheimer debate the Enlightenment and its alternatives. The subtitle is, Which ideals are the best guide to human betterment?

  • Laudato Si’ and Progressivism

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesOur environmental problems are the result of 200 years of industrialization. The philosophical and technological developments that enabled the Industrial Revolution were made possible by the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment was not only independent of the Catholic Church, it opposed the authority of the Church.  Therefore, the Church is in a unique position…

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