"It is only if we step outside the divinely ruled moral universe that we can really put our minds to the common ills we inflict upon one another every day."
-- Judith N. Shklar, Ordinary Vices, p. 1.
The Common Ills exists to comment primarily on the media & politics. Shklar identified the "common ills" as cruelty, hypocrisy, snobbery, treachery and misanthropy and noted that "they have both personal and public dimensions." Sounds like a strong frame for discussion and one that, no doubt, will quickly be forgotten as we dive in.
-- Judith N. Shklar, Ordinary Vices, p. 1.
The Common Ills exists to comment primarily on the media & politics. Shklar identified the "common ills" as cruelty, hypocrisy, snobbery, treachery and misanthropy and noted that "they have both personal and public dimensions." Sounds like a strong frame for discussion and one that, no doubt, will quickly be forgotten as we dive in.
