Published: 2025-12-15

The Lost Man and the End of Western Civilization's Hegemony

Andrzej Kurnicki
Gdańsk Studies
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2025-008

Abstract

The decline of Western civilization is evident, mainly caused by internal cultural decay and moral confusion that weaken the core of Judeo-Christian values. Contemporary debates about the decline of Western civilization often focus on internal cultural issues. However, examining sociological and economic data more broadly shows that the leading causes of Western decline are moral confusion, violence, and the erosion of traditional values. This self-destructive cultural nihilism, rather than external threats, is a leading cause of the problems Western civilization faces today. Signs of this decline include moral ambiguity, widespread violence, drug abuse, lawlessness, and the erosion of traditional values rooted in the history and culture of the primarily Western civilization. The level of tolerance in each civilization must be based on profound truth. It cannot mean accepting all views and behaviors as equally valid. It requires moral limits, and tolerating evil or falsehoods weakens society.

Keywords: Western civilization, liberty, liberal order, freedom, ethics, moral ambiguity, tolerance, pluralism, justice, hegemony. 

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Western civilization, liberty, liberal order, freedom, ethics, moral ambiguity, tolerance, pluralism, justice, hegemony

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Kurnicki, A. (2025). The Lost Man and the End of Western Civilization’s Hegemony : . Gdańsk Studies, 56, 105–120. https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2025-008

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