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"Without the guiding concept of a “Common Good” our social life is governed by the anomie of private interests, the inscrutable demands of “well-being” and the vicissitudes of mere fashion. … There are few things today more fashionable, more suited to our modern conceit, than atheism. … And this chic atheism, I believe, will continue to flourish to the extent that moral disintegration, nihilistic capitalism, anti-aesthetic liberalism and a kind of ubiquitous piss-taking cynicism remain the dominant forces in our common life."
