'In diagnosing our lack of virtue, we must be careful to understand the underlying problem. While some of the issue concerns the head, the more fundamental issues pertain to the heart,' Adam Carrington writes.
found an unexpected drop in the number of Americans between 1998 and now who find patriotism, religion, having children, and community involvement “very important” to them. For example, only 38% highly value patriotism today as opposed to 70% just 25 years ago. Religion went from 62% then to 39% now.
The shifts this poll displayed point to a lack of civic virtue among “We, the People.” The American founders saw such virtue as essential to making successful our experiment in self-government. Patriotism is the civic virtue grounded in the love of one's country. Such love is good for Americans in two ways. First, patriotism helps foster a sense of belonging and commitment. Through the love of one's country, we see our duty to work together and sacrifice for each other’s good. We see ourselves as a community bound together by cords of memory as well as geography.
Religion, too, is a public good, and practicing it is a virtue. Atheism and agnosticism have become far too common in society today, including among some believers who think faith is private or something to be confined to the walls of their houses of worship. But America’s founders largely rejected those positions, and we have generally lived by another standard. We see in faith a ground for our principles of liberty and equality.
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