St. Maximos' Hut

An interesting article by John Dowden, who I recently met and who turns out to have seen our musings here, which was originally in the Bozeman (MT) Chronicle. Here's a sample:

The social “liberation” of the 1960s and ’70s and the moral relativism preached in universities consciously erode this “language of good and evil.” In its place they have fostered an amoral, if not immoral, social environment. One in which moral judgment is taboo. In the name of freedom, anything is permitted and little is condemned -- except, of course, “old-fashioned” values like strong families, self-discipline, and personal responsibility. The “rights” demanded by the politically correct often simply cloak irresponsibility and license.

The historian Lord Acton argued that true liberty is not “the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.” Liberty without responsibility leads to decadence and decline. And when we abuse our freedom, we will lose it. In order to remain free we must each govern ourselves.

The whole thing is here.