43 min
"The Decline of Morality Amidst the Celebration of the Self" with Chris Hedges Renovatio: The Podcast
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- Society & Culture
“If your ultimate concern is yourself, if you have spent your life building a monument to yourself, then in biblical terms, that’s idolatry. I think we live in an idolatrous society… I think it is extremely difficult for people to achieve a moral life without a community.”
Chris Hedges speaks to Renovatio editor Safir Ahmed about what fuels our contemporary narcissism and prevents us fulfilling our moral obligations to our selves and to society.
Recommended Read:
“How the Cult of the Self Undermines the Rule of Law,” Chris Hedges, Renovatio
“If your ultimate concern is yourself, if you have spent your life building a monument to yourself, then in biblical terms, that’s idolatry. I think we live in an idolatrous society… I think it is extremely difficult for people to achieve a moral life without a community.”
Chris Hedges speaks to Renovatio editor Safir Ahmed about what fuels our contemporary narcissism and prevents us fulfilling our moral obligations to our selves and to society.
Recommended Read:
“How the Cult of the Self Undermines the Rule of Law,” Chris Hedges, Renovatio
43 min