Great post, thanks! I would add to those great last two lines, that we're also in community with people we've never seen. As others have noted, we stand on the shoulders of giants. Most of the time we're hardly aware of the privileges we have, or how small a circle it is--or how much truly ethical behavior would make simple good sense. Of course it would help our own economics, our own survival, if we helped share some of the most basic support with others in the wider world. Of course that's an excuse to persuade folks to do something they haven't the ethical or common sense to realize is to their own benefit, but I suspect the golden rule ften operates that way. Then there's those we will never have a chance to see. Our greenhouse gases may make the planet that much more difficult for grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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I would add to those great last two lines, that we're also in community with people we've never seen.
As others have noted, we stand on the shoulders of giants. Most of the time we're hardly aware of the privileges we have, or how small a circle it is--or how much truly ethical behavior would make simple good sense. Of course it would help our own economics, our own survival, if we helped share some of the most basic support with others in the wider world. Of course that's an excuse to persuade folks to do something they haven't the ethical or common sense to realize is to their own benefit, but I suspect the golden rule ften operates that way.
Then there's those we will never have a chance to see. Our greenhouse gases may make the planet that much more difficult for grandchildren and great grandchildren.