There is truth in this, it increasingly appears that we've just swapped God for the state. Even if the fall of religion was inevitable in the West, a source of

There is truth in this, it increasingly appears that we've just swapped God for the state. Even if the fall of religion was inevitable in the West, a source of objective values distinct from the state hasn't really emerged. "Human rights" conflict with each other, are subjective and overridden by the government at will. It may be possible but philosophy needs to get its game on.