If we can ascertain our nature, we can begin to understand what makes societies perpetually problematic.
In order to break the graven image of Capital, it will be necessary, as I will argue, to transform its institutions in accord with the will of the divine.
The problem for Christians is thus the problem of invisibility, which empire exacerbates, for in empire, that which is unsightly is exported from the collective imagination.
Acting in accordance with one’s desires is more a fact than a flaw of human beings. Any moral system that actually gets people to follow it must (not ought, must) not run counter to the personal desires of human beings.