Site Architecture

Content at PL is built around an overall conception of the central role of values
in any genuine civilization and of the best way to arrive at those values
(see 'Rationalism' at the bottom of this diagram)

Site Architecture The task of society is to support community and family The task of community and society is to support the family The media are, in effect, a branch of government, and are rightly responsible to the citizen, not commerce The individual is the linchpin of the family, and hence of community and society The task of the historian is to show us where we have been, so as to help us more clearly understand where we should go At their best, the arts nourish the mind and cultivate enlightenment Values play a pivotal role in human life. Helping the individual cultivate good values lies at the heart of rational religion It is the task of economics to determine how we can engage in the production and distribution of goods in a way that is consistent with our values Politics is simply the application of values to the governance of society It falls to religion to encourage a way of life based upon the ethical insights offered by philosophy Philosophy is, in part, rationalism as applied to the domains of morality and life purpose Though the sciences and religion are quite different disciplines, the sciences can help us to understand our nature and the nature of the universe Rationalism is the belief that we ought to arrive at all our beliefs and values in light of the best available evidence and reasoning The site architecture rationale It is initially in the family that the individual seeks his or her own fulfillment and at the same time seeks to nurture the fulfillment of his or her family members The great task of education is to prepare the individual for life, and to encourage life-long learning Though the sciences and religion are quite different disciplines, the sciences can help us understand our nature and the nature of the universe.