The Need for Moral Universals in Democracy

Working societies?—?if they are to endure, grow, and cohere, if they are to prosper, hang together, and really mature?—?need moral universals. Moral universals are simply things that people believe everyone should have. In the UK, those things?—?those moral universals?—?are healthcare and media and welfare. In Germany, they are healthcare and media and welfare and higher education. And so on. Moral universals anchor a society in a genuinely shared prosperity. Not just because they “spread th...