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Furthermore, it would be one thing for individuals to value deferring damages to the future, and quite another for governments to make it a central driver of national policy. Arguably, governments are charged with representing the interests of their citizens in perpetuity. To pass on high costs to the future for the sake of avoiding modest cost now for no further reason than that current people prefer it seems to exhibit bias.
A Perfect Moral Storm
Stephen M. Gardiner
In a world that belongs to God, human beings make too much of themselves as soon as they raise their heads; in a world that belongs to humans, they repeatedly make too little of themselves. The possibility that the inequality between humans might be due to their asceticisms, their different stances towards the challenges of the practising life – this idea has never been formulated in the history of investigations into the ultimate causes of difference between humans.
You Must Change Your Life
Peter Sloterdijk
At Resource Transformation, one way this personal transformation shows up is in facing the harm that was done in extracting the wealth we now have access to. We trace back the history of where the money came from. We shine a light on the moments in our money stories where people worked under dehumanising conditions or where natural resources were depleted and communities displaced. We look at what was disrespected, hurt and lost in the process. This requires letting go of the story we were told about where we come from or, in some cases, the ignorance we chose, because we suspected that the truth might be too painful.
Transforming Philanthropy Means Transforming Ourselves
Alliance magazine
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