The Morally Outrageous as Spectacle: The Sign of a Lost People
Season 3, Episode 304, Sep 17, 2020, 08:39 AM
What In God’s Name asks: What moves us to act publicly, with courage?
Does knowing what is good automatically move us to do what is good? Or are there human complications that interrupt the exercise of virtue? What becomes of a society where being morally outrageous is entertaining and titillating, rather than blameworthy?
Our show pushes back against the unexamined, often unconscious ways that we frame public questions using political or economic modes of thinking. We aim to be part of a growing movement of people who are critical of the narrowness of political and economic categories, and who want to revive a vision of human flourishing that is grounded in the wisdoms of theological and moral philosophical tradition. We see these habits and ways of thinking as being pre-political, and foundational to a healthy and civil shared life in families, communities, economies, and polities.
In short, we want to foster conversations, develop habits, and create communities that are grounded in curiosity, going deep, and shining light.
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