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While the ideological motivations of the killer will always remain a mystery, sociologists have pointed to the psychological and political conditions in which the murders took place. It has been argued that the Jack the Ripper killings are an extreme manifestation of the moral decline and contempt for the [[culture of life]] associated with modern [[liberalism]]. While it is clear that the killer does not seem to have been a [[Christian]] personally, and even has tendencies towards [[paganism]], his actions are also indicative of the cultural climate of [[Great Britain]] in the last part of the nineteenth century. This was a period dominated intellectually by the extreme liberal ideas of [[Darwin]] and politically by the corrupt, incompetent Liberal prime minister, [[William Ewart Gladstone]]. The Jack the Ripper killings, so it has been argued, may simply be the most egregious example of the spiritual rot brought on by the drift away from Christian principles and [[conservative]] values. They may simply represent the ideas of Darwin and the policies of Gladstone manifested in a single, disturbed individual and carried to their terrifying but logical conclusion.
While the ideological motivations of the killer will always remain a mystery, sociologists have pointed to the psychological and political conditions in which the murders took place. It has been argued that the Jack the Ripper killings are an extreme manifestation of the moral decline and contempt for the [[culture of life]] associated with modern [[liberalism]]. While it is clear that the killer does not seem to have been a [[Christian]] personally, and even has tendencies towards [[paganism]], his actions are also indicative of the cultural climate of [[Great Britain]] in the last part of the nineteenth century. This was a period dominated intellectually by the extreme liberal ideas of [[Darwin]] and politically by the corrupt, incompetent Liberal prime minister, [[William Ewart Gladstone]]. The Jack the Ripper killings, so it has been argued, may simply be the most egregious example of the spiritual rot brought on by the drift away from Christian principles and [[conservative]] values. They may simply represent the ideas of Darwin and the policies of Gladstone manifested in a single, disturbed individual and carried to their terrifying but logical conclusion.
==References & Notes==
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==External Links==
==External Links==
* Begg, Paul, Jack the Ripper: The Uncensored Facts, Robson, 1989
* Begg, Paul, Jack the Ripper: The Uncensored Facts, Robson, 1989
* Begg, P & Fido M, The Jack the Ripper A to Z, Headline, 1991
* Begg, P & Fido M, The Jack the Ripper A to Z, Headline, 1991
[[Category:British Police and Crime]]
[[Category:British Police and Crime]]
[[Category:Serial Killers]]
[[Category:Serial Killers]]