糖心传媒

Frederick Glennon, Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Le Moyne College

In his 1964 State of the Union Address, President Johnson launched an “unconditional war on poverty” which signified a renewed commitment to our collective social responsibility for one another, especially the poor and working class.  In 2012, tea party advocates yelled out “let him die” in response to a question posed to Ron Paul about what to do with an injured person who chooses not to buy health insurance.  Why this ethical shift?  This lecture will identify some answers to this question and will explore the moral frameworks any return to a more expansive understanding of our communal obligations to one another would entail in the current social and political climate.