Enlightenment Adventure

"The liberal adventure was the creation of a world of freedom. By labeling certain principles as naturally 'self-evident,' by offering equality and rights, the Enlightenment hoped to produce people who were free. Detached from oppressive claims of tradition and community, holding the significance of their lives within themselves as an individual, natural right, being given the independence to fashion their own future, they were to become free."

Stanley Hauerwas, Resident Aliens p. 50