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April 30, 2015

Without a Sense of Higher Purpose, Is Western Civilization Sustainable?

Why life in liberal democracies is too shallow.

Some critics of Western civilization—from radical environmentalists to radical Muslims—may have identified its real weakness, writes Douglas Murray: an inability to give people a sense of purpose. As a society becomes increasingly secular, Murray argues, it loses its sense of meaning and with it the will to defend itself:

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