327: Western values

The boys drink and review a robust porter from Bell's, then evaluate western values. Western values developed from three major sources. * Classical antiquity * The Judeo-Christian tradition * Germanic customs Roughly speaking, "western values" include the following: * Democracy * Individualism * Human rights * Free speech * Free markets * The rule of law * Secularism * Rationalism * Liberalism * Capitalism When people object to western values, which of these do they want to discard? "Western values" are truths, not merely preferences. We're not making this stuff up, we're progressively discovering things about the right ordering of society.