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Weil believed that simple attention was required for moral attention, which was required for empathy, which was required for ethical action. We are unable to act ethically towards that which we have not first attended to; this includes other humans, but also the non-human other. The art of attention requires, among other things, an openness to being moved and transformed, the development of language, and the resistance of algorithmic life.
Attending to the Other - By Jasmine Wang 5535657137
jasminewang.substack.com
However, if I could wave a magic wand, Americans would go back to using racism to refer to personal sentiment, while we would phase out so hopelessly confusing a term as societal racism.
A Nation Divided by Language
theatlantic.com
This is thinking: the power to be finely aware and richly responsible. We just need to learn how to be more aware, how to act more responsibly.
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