Summary of Ben Shapiro's The Right Side of History

Get the Summary of Ben Shapiro's The Right Side of History in 20 minutes.

Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In 2016, Ben Shapiro spoke at UC Berkeley.

Hundreds of police officers were required from 10 UC campuses across the state to protect his speech, which was - ironically - about the necessity for free speech and rational debate.

He came to argue that Western civilization is in the midst of a crisis of purpose and ideas.

Our freedoms are built upon the twin notions that every human being is made in God's image and that human beings were created with reason capable of exploring God's world.

We can thank these values for the birth of science, the dream of progress, human rights, prosperity, peace, and artistic beauty.

Jerusalem and Athens built America, ended slavery, defeated the Nazis and the Communists, lifted billions from poverty, and gave billions spiritual purpose.

Jerusalem and Athens were the foundations of the Magna Carta and the Treaty of Westphalia; they were the foundations of the Declaration of Independence, Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.