I would venture to say it is the predominant view of the elite of our culture. Prominent in europe as well which has become very secular. It embraces ideas about liberty and personality to the nature of human beings that are distinctive socially liberal views lifeanddeath issues generally identity issues the spectrum of socalled hot button morally charged issues in our culture. That is a view that i am writing the book against kemal i hope respectfully because it is a view that has very credible supporters and i want to do them the justice that they deserve. They put forward arguments. I want to put forward counterarguments have gone i have found that secular liberal views are so widespread as to go largely unquestioned. As a result many yields to the the temptation to believe that anyone who disagrees with them is a big it all religious fundamentalist. Reason and science they confidently believe on their side. Guest that is me have on anything you want to add to that . Guest i think i
Now joining us on booktv is robert george, professor of Juris Prudence here at princeton, university. Way want to talk to him about his recent book conscience and its enemies confronting the dog mas of liberal secularism. Dr. George oh, do you you define liberal secular system. Guest a view about human detonation and dignity that competes with other views some secular but not liberal, some religious. Its a view that is very common in places like the one where we are right now university communities. I would venture to say its the predominant view in the elite sector our our culture and prominent in europe, which has become a very secular society. It embraces ideas about liberty and the personality, about the nature of human beings about ethics that are distinctive in our own time. Its associated with socially liberal views about matters of sexuality, abortion life and death issues. Generally identity issues. Kind of the spectrum of socalled hot button morally charged issues in our own
I was not talking about that particular year generally but it is said the the sector of the culture it is divided with popular opinion is very different and by definition it is more influential william f. Buckley once caught the spirit of that talking about his preference been governed by the first 800 names with the boston in telephone directory. What he was the institution based on the marital that gives people the fundamental care and nurturing and education at least until they reach maturity the first years of their lives. Create go astray when a substitute operations for the family. In my view it is department of welfare it does better than any cando but that fundamental job to each new generation the character in the interest to date to be could citizens and all other institutions of the political system depend on there being a fairly large number of people that our hard working lot because they fear for but they need managers who are responsible. But they cannot produce such peo
Whose income depends on something to talk against it. Do you believe there is any truth to the battle between the allpro rich and everyone else . Guest it symbolizes a lot of good friends who are very wealthy multimillionaires who i know who are totally against what is happening in politics reformers trying to change things, they act in a very bipartisan way to solve problems. I think you have oversimplified. Host last call for michey Edwards Phyllis in california. Caller thank you, at cspan. Would you comment on the letter the 47 republican senators signed ended it will ultimately hurt the Republican Party . Host what do you think . Caller i think it is treasonous. Host thank you. Guest it is not treasonous. It is perfectly appropriate for congress to speak out the idea of a president in charge of Foreign Policy is complete nonsense. Is not the system. But i think it was stupid. If you want to send a matter say whether an agreement should be or should not be the we should do it is com
Pronouncement that the gcc countries would be more aligned associated with juror done and morocco, fellow monarchyiesmonarchies. So this is not completely new in reaching out to those two countries, but reaching out to sudan is in part, because sudan is a neighbor of egypt and has its own armed forces. But in an effort to broaden the diversity of the coalition. Mr. Sharp. I would say that its certainly not new, as john points out. But we are at a moment. One of the interesting strategic things to think about in terms of this conflict in yemen and really whats been going on since the socalled arab spring began in 2011 is this concept of regional integration albeit military or economic something thats been talked about for decades. Right . If you look at just from the economic side, saudi arabia, kuwait, the uae are financially supporting countries that fiscally cant do it themselves anymore, whether its egypt jordan, be certainly yemen needs the assistance. All of these countries. Now t