S2 Episode 16 - A Moral Crisis: Social Ethics, Human Connection, & You (Part 1)

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HIGHLIGHTS

06:03 How do the systems of the world facilitate right relationship with those around us?

14:58 The ethical question of the nonprofit industrial complex

21:17 Reconciling the concept of sharing, sacrifice, and repairing the past

28:13 Thought experiment: Addiction as a social problem

32:16 Consumerism is sharing, but wealth is concentrated at the top

35:25 In a hypothetical world where everyone's needs are met, there is no resentment

QUOTES

14:58 "This is what we describe as the nonprofit industrial complex because these charities exist many times to self perpetuate and are monetarily incentivized not to solve the problems they say they're solving."

15:14 "If I'm a good person in the world, do I need an object of pity or an object of charity? Do I need that homeless person to exist for me to feel good about myself because I get to give to them and I get the warm, fuzzy experience of giving?"

22:45 "We took land and labor and resources from other people. So to ask us now to make some of this right and promote policies that involve sharing that stuff, it feels like sacrifice, but I'm going to offer that it's not sacrifice. It's making things right."

24:30 "People with wealth get to decide based on their imaginative heartstrings who is most in need versus who may be actually most."

36:13 "It's a huge net to cast, but if I want to live in right relationship with my neighbors, I want to make sure my neighbors are okay on a fundamental level."

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