Amitai Etzioni: The New Golden Rule

Through Conversations

English - February 12, 2022 13:33 - 25 minutes - 20.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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Professor Amitai Etzioni, 93 years old, is the founder and curator of Civil Dialogues. Professor Etzioni taught at Columbia, Harvard, and Berkeley, and was a Senior Advisor to the Carter White House. His books include The Spirit of Community and Reclaiming Patriotism.

Join Amitai on civildialogues.org. Civil Dialogues was launched by the Communitarian Network, a non-profit corporation dedicated to finding constructive solutions to social problems through morally informed policy analysis and moral dialogue.

Highlights

0:00 Intro

3:39 Why does America Feel Divided?

7:03 The Paradox Of Freedom: It Begets Ultimate Responsibility.

11:32 Can We Pivot Capitalism To a More Sustainable Path?

15:13 The Lack Of Our Commitment To The Common Good.

18:30 What does freedom really mean?

20:00 What should we do with our freedom?

23:00 Rapid fire questions.

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