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Line 11: − − {{cquote|The Contemporary liberal's fascination with Niebuhr, I suggest, comes less from Niebuhr's dark theory of hman nature and more from his actual political pronouncements, from the fact that he is a shrewd, courageous, and right-minded man on many political questions. Those who applaud his politics are too liable to turn then to his theory of human nature and praise it as the philosophical intrument of Niebuhr's political agreement with themselves. But very few of those whom I have called "atheists for Niebuhr" follow this inverted logic to its conclusion: they don't move from praise of Niebuhr's theory of human nature to priase of its theological ground. We may admire them for drawing the line somewhere, but certainly not for their consistency
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Lippman was a treasured figure of secular and humanist [[liberal]]s, but if they were more consistent thinkers then they would have had reservations towards him because of his advocacy of Judao-Christian [[Natural Law]]<ref> ''Religion, Politics, and the Higher Learning'', Morton White, [[Harvard University]] Press, 1959 p.112</ref>.
Lippman was a treasured figure of secular and humanist [[liberal]]s, but if they were more consistent thinkers then they would have had reservations towards him because of his advocacy of Judao-Christian [[Natural Law]]<ref> ''Religion, Politics, and the Higher Learning'', Morton White, [[Harvard University]] Press, 1959 p.112</ref>.
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