Liberalism and Theocracy

It is customary to charge liberalism with an alleged crude materialism and neglect of the higher and nobler pursuits of mankind. But these passionate diatribes are wrong because they adly distort the teachings of liberalism, he writes. The foremost social means of making man more human is to fight poverty, says Mr Bhatnagar. "Wisdom and science thrive better in a world of affluence than among needy peoples," he adds.