Western Values Can Be Universally True Without Being Universally Appealling

My good friend Jay takes issue with aspects of my post rejecting establishment universalism. I think I need to better describe what it means to reject “universalism.” I do not mean that people from other nations and regions can’t embrace western values, but I do mean that these values aren’t hidden within all human hearts and that other values and other cultures often have stronger appeal. In this regard, I take serious issue with the optimism about human nature expressed by politicians like George W. Bush, President Obama, and even Ronald Reagan. Here’s what I wrote: Yes the experience of immigrants (and
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