Charlie O'donnell

“Only a social policy founded on respect for the dignity of the individual can help make the average citizen more open to ideas of toleration.”
― Abhijit V. Banerjee, Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems

“moral order arises in some way from human nature itself and from the requirements of our living together in society.”
― John Rawls, Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy

“the radical side of Protestantism, with its idea of the priesthood of all believers and the denial of an ecclesiastical authority interposed between God and the faithful. This view says that
moral principles and precepts are accessible to normal reasonable persons generally-various”
― John Rawls, Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy

“Economic life, fundamentally, is competitive. Even someone lucky enough to make a living doing something truly enjoyable is always going to be faced with the prospect of someone else who is more successful at the same thing, or someone younger who is threatening to close the gap. More emphasis on relationships with our kids, our friends, our nieces and nephews, or the children in our neighborhoods is something that’s much more accessible and egalitarian. And while Congress can’t pass a law mandating that people reorient their thinking in this way, such a reorientation would naturally be both part of the case for stepping up investment in family life and a consequence of doing so.”
― Matthew Yglesias, One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger