Virtue, Civilization and the Restitution of Man

One of the greatest issues facing modern civilization to day is the evasion of character formation in individuals. The value of personal virtue is not something apart from public responsibility, but intrinsically intertwined. In his various books and writings C.S. Lewis reveals four areas where he observed this decline: the failure of modern ethics, scientism, educational trends, and the rise of propaganda as a surrogate for moral influence

Session 8

Paradise Imperiled in Perelandra - Ted Dorman C.S. Lewis\u27s Ontological View of the Demonic: Satan as an Explanatory Postulate - John David Geib Virtue, Civilization and the Restitution of Man - Angus J.L. Menug

Dignity and Tolerance — A Tension and a Challenge

This essay provides a phenomenological defense of dignity and a critique of new ideas of tolerance in tension with that understanding. It defends dignity as an essential property of human beings, and also shows how it can be recognized existentially, both negatively (by its violation) and positively (by loving affirmation)