February 27th, 2010
Heilbrunn antidote
In a book by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson, The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger, two UK researchers present an impressive amount of data to show that, essentially, social responsibility and a sense of obligation to the welfare of other human beings is a requirement of good society.
Not a new idea you say? Of course not. Necessary to speak it nonetheless.
For a good review/interview, go here. And don’t miss the comments. Some of them are delightfully Heilbrunnian.


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