Tuesday, July 16, 2024

The search for a moral justification for selfishness

 From a toot by Mark Holtom


20 Years Ago on July 6th, 2002 - the brilliant economist and thinker John Kenneth Galbraith, gave an interview in which he said this perfect bit:

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”




This is Wikipedia's article about J K Galbraith.  His book, The Affluent Society, is remarkable.  I must re-read it!


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