Rite & Reason: In Irish public affairs, philosophical thinking could facilitate the kind of changes needed today
Philosophy cannot necessarily activate correct conduct or decisions. The mystery of grace must come into play. Sometimes the two elements converge.
Contemporary culture discourages introspection. American journalist Krista Tippett addresses this lacuna. She created and hosts the PBS programme and podcast, On Being. The American way is to value self-help, competition, getting results. These values are common across the western world.
In his novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell exposed how influencers could not only distort the truth but could suppress thinking altogether. “Newspeak” was the language that Big Brother devised to distort truth. This strategy is echoed today in the use of terms like “collateral damage” and “friendly fire”. In everyday affairs, it is common for a public figure exposed in wrongdoing to refer to his/her “mistake” rather than admitting guilt. Such euphemisms debase the truth.
There is a swerve in society towards recognition of the importance of wellbeing over material gain. Mindfulness and empathetic leadership feature in the curriculums of business schools and are incorporated in the brief of human resources managers. Organisations such as the internationaland the widespread appeal of the On Being initiative testify to this phenomenon.
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