The Right Side of History
How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great
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Ben Shapiro
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Ben Shapiro
About this listen
America has a God-shaped hole in its heart, argues New York Times best-selling author Ben Shapiro, and we shouldn't fill it with politics and hate.
In 2016, Ben Shapiro spoke at UC Berkeley. Hundreds of police officers were required from 10 UC campuses across the state to protect his speech, which was - ironically - about the necessity for free speech and rational debate.
He came to argue that Western civilization is in the midst of a crisis of purpose and ideas. Our freedoms are built upon the twin notions that every human being is made in God’s image and that human beings were created with reason capable of exploring God’s world.
We can thank these values for the birth of science, the dream of progress, human rights, prosperity, peace, and artistic beauty. Jerusalem and Athens built America, ended slavery, defeated the Nazis and the Communists, lifted billions from poverty, and gave billions spiritual purpose. Jerusalem and Athens were the foundations of the Magna Carta and the Treaty of Westphalia; they were the foundations of the Declaration of Independence, Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
Civilizations that rejected Jerusalem and Athens have collapsed into dust. The USSR rejected Judeo-Christian values and Greek natural law, substituting a new utopian vision of “social justice” - and they starved and slaughtered tens of millions of human beings. The Nazis rejected Judeo-Christian values and Greek natural law, and they shoved children into gas chambers. Venezuela rejects Judeo-Christian values and Greek natural law, and citizens of their oil-rich nation have been reduced to eating dogs.
We are in the process of abandoning Judeo-Christian values and Greek natural law, favoring instead moral subjectivism and the rule of passion. And we are watching our civilization collapse into age-old tribalism, individualistic hedonism, and moral subjectivism. We believe we can reject Judeo-Christian values and Greek natural law and satisfy ourselves with intersectionality, or scientific materialism, or progressive politics, or authoritarian governance, or nationalistic solidarity.
We can’t.
The West is special, and in The Right Side of History, Ben Shapiro bravely explains that it’s because too many of us have lost sight of the moral purpose that drives us each to be better, or the sacred duty to work together for the greater good, or both. A stark warning, and a call to spiritual arms, this audiobook may be the first step in getting our civilization back on track.
©2019 Ben Shapiro (P)2019 HarperCollins PublishersWhat listeners say about The Right Side of History
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- Joshua Hayward
- 19-08-2019
I found it very interesting how the great thinkers of even hundreds of years ago faced problems similar to what we face today. At parts I found the book a bit too 'high level' for me but this just means I will need to do more background reading and give it a re-listen. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed it and the audible format stops be from getting 'stuck in the weeds' as it were.
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-03-2019
Good Book
I enjoyed this book. An interesting look at the history of Judeo-Christian enlightenment values and the modern intellectual forces that seek to subvert it.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-09-2022
Phenomenal read
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book and would highly recommend to anyone looking to broaden their understanding of western culture and how it came about.
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- Carlin
- 26-03-2019
Excellent
Fascinating, great overview of the history of Western thought, as rooted in reason and Judeo Christian values. And Ben links it really well to our social environment and political climate today. Really enjoyed it, easy to understand. Not too long either, I got through it in one day.
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- JayJay Baggins
- 01-04-2019
The West is the best
This book is simply incredible. It makes you proud to live in the Western world and proud to have descended from those who sacrificed so much to make it what it is today.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-03-2019
Magnificent
Ben presents history unflinchingly and honestly. This is a critical dialogue that has been lacking in the recent past. All would do well to read it and reflect soberly on the arguments presented.
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- norman_h
- 25-05-2020
Great summary
Great summary of where the world is today and some very good theories as to why. Felt like some of it was based on summaries of other texts, however, it was all pulled together in a well linked way. Very enjoyable reading Ben, thanks.
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- James
- 08-04-2019
Good stuff
Worth it just to hear Shapiro put on different voices to read extended quotes from historical figures.
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- Sitiveni
- 19-08-2019
Must read for every young person
Ravi Zacharias recommended that every young person should read this book & so I did. Ravi was correct, this is such an important book in these crazy times when politics has never been so fractured & divided. If only we could get back to our Judeo-Christian roots.
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- Ben
- 30-11-2019
Important side of history to understand.
I had originally been entirely put off Ben Shapiro because of all the click bait titles on YouTube, "Ben Shapiro destroys..." etc. But I was listening to a podcast where he was a guest and he completely opened me up to the conservative way of viewing politics and society.
After listening to the Ben Shapiro show for a few months I decided to buy the audio version of this book and to anyone who appreciates at least Ben Shapiro's clear desire to pursue truth as best he can, I highly recommend you purchase this book.
He presents his ideas well and excellently narrates his own work as you would hope from a self reading. The whole point is that there are so many ways to read history but he believes that there IS a right way to read it.
If nothing else it will give you a different perspective and most certainly leave you at the doors of discovery with regard to the philosophers, rulers and political figures of the past as there is simply so much to learn.
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