Neo-conservatives are the new conservatives that now control national politics and have great influence in the current White House. They believe in rugged individualism, market opportunities, privatization and individual initiatives, specifically those that make money.
They have less patience and little empathy with the common good as provided for by government, especially if it interferes with market opportunities. Thus, for them, less government and lower taxes makes sense, even if only in the quarterly balance sheets.
The goals for Christians, however, include the common good, care for those who cannot make it on their own, fairness and justice for all and, consequently, a positive role for government in providing a civil order in which individuals may make the most of opportunities and benefit, when needed, from the protection and peace and order provided only by civil governments.
Monday, September 19, 2005
An Unholy Alliance
Thanks to Ethics Daily for publishing Gerald Johnson's essay "Neo-conservatives and Evanglical Christians: An Unholy Alliance." Johnson is emeritus professor of political science at Auburn University. Here's how Johnson describes the differences between the neo-conservative and the Christian understanding of government:
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How the moral mafia fights agains Darwinism, when they are in bed with social darwinists. Can you spell I-r-o-n-y.
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