Society at the Crossroads:
Choosing the Right Road

a new book by Steven B. Cord


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Table of Contents

Part I - The Impact of Ethical Relativism

Introduction - Looking Forward (A brief statement of the book's thesis)8
Chapter 1 - The Rise of Ethical Relativism Through The Centuries (Western history shows a steady progression toward ethical relativism13
Chapter 2 & 3 - The Retreat from Reason, I & II - (ethical relativism's adverse impact on our culture today - on science, literature, entertainment everyday life, music, art, drugs, crime, family and schools)32

Chapter 4 - Why Social Collapse Now? (criticisms of common explanations)87
Chapter 5 - Inadequacy of Other Philosophies (as advanced by well-known philosophers)93

Part II - The Proof of Equal Rights (in dialogue form)

Chapter 6 - Why Ethical Relativism Can't Be Proven101
Chapter 7 - What Is Ethical Truth?
Chapter 8 - Equal Rights: The Proof128
Chapter 9 - Full Equal Rights Is the Only Way to Economic Prosperity 153
Chapter 10 - Ethical Certainty in a Postmodern World168
About the Author178

 
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