Book details of 'Society at the Crossroads'

Title	Society at the Crossroads
Author(s)	Steven Cord
ISBN	0971174237
Language	English
Published	April 2003
Publisher	Aurora Press

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Reviewer Steven Cord wrote:
How Can We Alleviate The Social Problems Engulfing Us? In many ways, we are better off than ever - and yet we are being engulfed by such intractable social problems as terrorism, Enron-ism, a high crime rate, extensive hard-drug use, violence in entertainment, family dissolution, collapse of educational standards, high taxes, worldwide poverty, and so forth. A newly published book, SOCIETY AT THE CROSSROADS, shows how we can provably alleviate these social problems. Consider: 1) If in many ways we are better off than ever (insofar as we have longer and healthier life spans, technological marvels, less sex and race discrimination, etc.) it is highly unlikely that the chief underlying cause of these problems is to be found in outer social conditions; rather they are to be found in our inner attitudes (in other words, not in our stars but in us), and it is with those attitudes that SOCIETY AT THE CROSSROADS deals. 2) A society which embraces the idea that all ethical standards are matters of personal opinion only is giving a weak response to its enemies; after all, terrorists, criminals, etc. believe heart-and-soul in what they?re doing. They?re not devoid of opinions, nor are they likely to be convinced by the admonition, ?Please don?t violate our beliefs. Your prospective victims have no provable rights, but just conform to what we say.? If a society says that, it is inviting destruction. 3) When you say you abhor murder, sex/race discrimination, and robbery, is it not because you accord other people their equal rights to life, liberty and property? You believe in the ethical standard of equal rights - don?t you want it proven? You?ll find the proof in SOCIETY AT THE CROSSROADS and how it can successfully combat social problems. 4) The belief that ethical standards can never be proven valid - generally called ethical relativism - by its own admission can never be proven valid because it is itself an ethical standard! It falls victim to the Skeptic?s Dilemma, which is that if nothing can be proven valid, then neither can skepticism (ethical relativism is a form of skepticism). All these points are fully explored in SOCIETY AT THE CROSSROADS in an easy-to-read conversational way. It tries for clarity and simplicity while showing how to alleviate the social problems engulfing us. Heavy subject, but light reading. The book contains a BONUS: it describes a simple no-cost tax reform that can alleviate poverty and produce continuous prosperity for all, without any loss in government revenue. Best of all, this reform has been proven to produce economic prosperity in actual practice to the extent it has been applied - no theory only, it has factual support. But you will have to read the book in order to find out what that simple no-cost tax reform is and how it has worked. ------------------------------------------------------------ SOCIETY AT THE CROSSROADS is available from Aurora Press, 10528 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia MD 21044; $21.56 paperback, $23.16 cloth cover (shipping & handling free). ------------------------------------------------------------ The following is the last sentence of a favorable review in the MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW (9/02): "A thought-provoking and profound account, SOCIETY AT THE CROSSROADS is a highly recommended contribution to a national dialogue on the philosophical underpinnings of contemporary social issues, ills, and concerns." There are other positive reviews.
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