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The 1990 Reith Lectures

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The Persistence of Faith
Six talks on religion and ethics in a secular society by Rabbi
Dr Jonathan Sacks , Chief
Rabbi-elect of the United
Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth.
2: The Demoralisation of Discourse
We may speak of right and wrong, good and bad, justice and rights. But these are all words that were once thought to refer to objective principles, and it is just these in which belief has now dwindled.
If there are no standards, only choices, then moral language becomes an anomaly.

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