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Moral Poverty and the Riots
Malik, Kenan
http://www.kenanmalik.com/essays/gp_riots.htmlYear Published: 2011 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX12713 Because the right has appropriated the arguments about moral failure, many on the left have rejected moral arguments altogether. The left talks much about the social and economic impact of neoliberal policies. But little about their moral impact. Such willful blindness is dangerous. Morality is as important to the left as it is to the right, though for different reasons. There can be no possibility of a political or economic vision of a different society without a moral vision too. Moral arguments lie at the heart of our understanding of social solidarity, and of the distinction between notions of social solidarity and pious rightwing claims of ‘we’re all in it together’. Subject Headings |