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consists almost entirely of individuals pursuing their own interests, refining those interests, and letting those interests lead to more interests through connections with others

Charles Broskoski • Here for the Wrong Reasons — Are.na

the mental inertia that John Stuart Mill called the ‘deep slumber of a decided opinion’.

Geoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination

view. For instance, in the mid-1700s David Hume wrote a lot about the “natural benevolence” of human beings. And a century later, even Charles Darwin himself attributed an “instinct of sympathy” to our species. But

Dalai Lama • The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living

In ordinary language, we frequently speak of machinery or ideas ‘doing’ things in our lives. But they do nothing. People – human persons – produce, operate and apply their creations. The problem with assigning agency, even informally, to the nonhuman is that this disguises the strength of human control, limited though it is in other respects. It le... See more

Bennett Gilbert • On hope, philosophical personalism and Martin Luther King Jr | Aeon Essays

There is the common ground of the common good, and there are the semi-private domains of our diverse religious traditions. We are responsible to society for the former, to our own community for the latter.

Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility

It suggested that individuals are not powerless in the face of the impersonal. We can create families, communities, even societies, around the ideals of love, faithfulness and trust.

Jonathan Sacks • A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion

Duty shows itself fervent when there is conformity in

Andrew Root • Faith Formation in a Secular Age : Volume 1 (Ministry in a Secular Age): Responding to the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness

The erosion of work being a key part of identity. Stability takes priority over wealth and passion. Fulfillment is found elsewhere.

Jonny Hawton • Scar Tissue - Predictions of the Long-Term Bahaviorial Scars of the 2020 Recession on Gen Z

Modern politics and economics were built on the foundation of the rational pursuit of self-interest.