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Episode 1: Responsibility

Morality in the 21st Century

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The Secret Attraction of Nihilism

We've been fed a diet of happiness and rights for two or three generations, it's thin gruel. If you think the purpose of your life is to be happy, then during those times that you're not happy, you're bereft. It's much better to let people know that it's meaning that sustains people, and that meaning is to be found in large part as a consequence of adoption of responsibility. That's the missing half to any discussion of rights. Meaning is the right counter to happiness, and responsibility is the rightcounter to rights.

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