The language of capital penetrates social and environmental policy discussions at local, national and international level. Yet its appeal is premised on a fundamental misunderstanding of #prosperity. | Essay by John O’Neill >> cusp.ac.uk/themes/m/m1-6/#MoralitySP#PostGrowth
"To add to the difficulties, 'positive illusions' (such as wishful thinking and overestimating our abilities to address various obstacles) can also lead to a failure to take necessary steps."—Simon Caney #MoralitySP >> cusp.ac.uk/themes/m/m1-11/#FutGen#Democracy cc #Brexit
"What is morally abhorrent about elites is not that they are flawed or self-interested as such, but that they purport to transcend personal interests or tastes, because they purport to be acting in a representational capacity."—@Davies_Will >> cusp.ac.uk/themes/m/m1-12#MoralitySP
A good democracy is an imaginative one - constantly broadening the spectrum of voices we pay attention to, perspectives from the past but also forward perspectives we don’t fully know but must imagine” — Rowan Williams rounding up the day at @CUSP_uk#MoralitySP
Huge thank you to @ProfTimJackson@l_gessner@CUSP_uk for today’s brilliant conversations #NatureOfProsperity#MoralitySP the intelligence and passion of the speakers sense of urgency for change from the audience has definitely left me feeling more positive
Rowan Williams is a dude! Picks up on @CarolineLucas mention if intersectionality earlier & highlights historical egs of solidarity movements across borders - always challenge obvious geographical boundaries. Human solidarities don’t tend to boil down to localisms. #MoralitySP
A good democracy is an imaginative one, helping us to recognise more perspectives with empathy. We need politicians to take us beyond, into who we are and how we can be better @Bishop_Uncut talking at @CUSP_uk#MoralitySP
“We need to remember how we learned what we think we know... Often we’re short term about the past as well as the future.” Rowan Williams #MoralitySP@CUSP_uk
Mention of @ExtinctionR work on deconstruction of non-legitimate institutions in age of #ClimateEmergency and radical reforms to Treasury needed from @AlanSimpson01 at #MoralitySP nature of democracy event. Check out what HMT said last week in response to @CarolineLucas debate:
Provocative perspectives on the possibilities of democratising the firm from Isabelle Ferreras and Green Populism from Will Davies At @CUSP_uk The Nature of Prosperity #MoralitySP
“Problem with Parliament is too many people have economics degrees and they’ve been taught the wrong kind of economics. PPE is a disaster; it ostentatiously cuts out history from all of the disciplines it teaches” — @Jesse_Norman#MoralitySP@CUSP_uk