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Going On and On: Why Our Longevity Threatens the Future:
"A thought provoking, occasionally irreverent, and much needed conversation starter regarding what it means to live well, and what it looks like to live well together."
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"Absolutely thought provoking. A read that will or at least should provoke discussions amongst and between each generation.
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"Going On And On is a captivating meditation on what we as individuals and society could be doing about our obsession with not dying. That includes recognising our obligations to younger generations who are increasingly disadvantaged by how we who are"
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Hello dear Librarians. You'll see the same edition of 21st Century Virtues is listed twice. Could you please merge them into one edition? That would b
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“Modern virtues are self-referential. There's a relentless circling back to the individual's subjective state of being. But we are of no use to ourselves or anyone else if we cultivate our virtues in splendid isolation. The wellbeing of the group is a necessary precondition to all and any individual needs, ethics and choices.
The elevation of vulnerability as a virtue creates an environment increasingly antithetical to free speech. If my ideas are even remotely likely to offend your feelings, then there is enormous pressure on me not to express them.
The present-day promotion of feelings over facts is a clear danger to democracy.
Neoliberalism sees your earnest desire to live by 21st-century virtues, and promptly, efficiently and shamelessly monetises it.”
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The elevation of vulnerability as a virtue creates an environment increasingly antithetical to free speech. If my ideas are even remotely likely to offend your feelings, then there is enormous pressure on me not to express them.
The present-day promotion of feelings over facts is a clear danger to democracy.
Neoliberalism sees your earnest desire to live by 21st-century virtues, and promptly, efficiently and shamelessly monetises it.”
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“I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat. ”
― Areopagitica
― Areopagitica
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