| America's ethos is, first, of Western, i.e. Judeo-Christian moral norms, and second, of free markets with Democratic government. | ||
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| The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version, C...
by Catholic Biblical Association $23.32 The most orthodox Roman Catholic English language translation available; the one quoted by the Catechism, Rome and the Councils. | Catechism of the Catholic Church
by U.S. Catholic Church $8.99 Infallibly defined in Fidei Depositum by John Paul the Great as a "sure norm" for orthodox teaching of the Roman Catholic faith. | Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures
by Pope Benedict XVI $10.17 Opposes radical secularism and all that it sponsors: contraception, abortion, euthanasia, indifferentism, militant atheism, etc. |
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| Values in a Time of Upheaval
by Pope Benedict XVI $10.71 On the need for objective and fixed truths as anchor, sail and rudder amid the winds, tides and shoals of ever changing culture. | Truth And Tolerance: Christian Belief And W...
by Pope Benedict XVI $12.21 What meaning or purpose does any religion, belief or even life itself have if not connected with any external objective Truth? | The Road to Serfdom: Fiftieth Anniversary E...
by F. A. Hayek Dedicated 'to Socialists of all Parties', THE classic warning against the dangers to freedom inherent in grand social planning. |
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| Free to Choose: A Personal Statement
by Milton Friedman $9.75 As government bureaucracy, regulations, economic controls and spending increase, all freedom and wealth correspondingly decline. | Democracy in America (Signet Classics)
by Alexis de Tocqueville $7.95 In 1835 Tocqueville determined that what made America great was the Christian goodness of her people. Two interdependent things. | The Wealth of Nations (Modern Library)
by Adam Smith $17.79 1776 by Divine Providence brought us our Declaration of Independence, and Wealth of Nations; Democracy, Capitalism and Freedom. |
Roots of Western Cultural Ethos
