I do worry about the rest of us, though. From a balanced view of the strengths and weaknesses of our culture, we've moved on to the idea that democracy and free markets will be enough in themselves to secure our survival and flourishing. Solzhenitsyn's emphasis on the moral and spiritual is much missed today.I agree with you x.
Cathryn, here is an interesting question for you. Is it possible to persuade those, who normally do not 'speak' the language of spirituality and morality, that society needs spirtuality and morality?
Note, I am not so much asking if you agree with that premise, but rather I am asking if you think it is possible for a person who does agree with that premise to be persuasive to someone who does not? Is there, in some cases, an unbridgeable language gap?
Good question. That has a lot of side issues, and it's very complex, but the simplest and shortest answer would be - yes. I think that it would be close to impossible for a group of people who did not understand the reasoning of another group to persuade one another on an issue, expecially if it's an incredibly divisive one.
That's the simple take on it.