Dave Brat
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And so what Megan is getting at, and this is one of my favorite books after the Bible, is Closing the American Mind by Alan Bloom.
And values, along with empathy, empathy is a modern psychological term, values similarly are subjective.
You want to know what's not subjective?
God and the good.
Here's old Plato over here in my picture pointing up.
The argument of the Greeks and reason was the good is objective.
The goal of modern liberalism and the leftists is to get everything to be subjective because then it leads to openness.
Well, I think she's spot on, and if you'll notice, she's following one of the core tenets of Jesus that I mentioned, which is repent for the kingdom of God is at hand.
You don't get it every which way, right?
Nietzsche came up with the concept of values, and the modern conception is your values, my values.
Let's just agree to disagree.
Well, the great Catholic tradition, St.
Augustine, Aquinas, Calvin, Luther, the Protestant Reformation, they had systems of thought that had to be internally consistent.
We're missing those these days.
Just war theory, all these concepts were objective truths proven by reason and in accord with the revelation in the Bible.
Those two things are great guardrails for Western civilization.
They have to all fit together.
Unfortunately, today, when these teachers in the schools, and one thing, Megan, you know, she basically mentioned the seminaries, but K-12 education,
They're indoctrinated by these dangerous helpers called school counselors who all teach values, values clarification.
You're okay.