We are not so good. We are humans, and, as such, we are, without our quite knowing it, always living at least partly in the dark.
David Remnick
Syracuse University Commencement 2014, 2014
这句语录背后的故事
Remnick quoted philosopher Anthony Appiah's observation that practices once considered normal — wife-beating as a father's duty, homosexuality as a hanging offense, plantation slavery — are now viewed with self-satisfied moral superiority. We look back and cannot imagine how anyone defended such cruelties. But Remnick warned against that comfortable hindsight. He challenged graduates to consider which conditions they tolerate today that future generations will view with the same incredulous shame, arguing that every era lives partly in moral darkness without realizing it.
收藏你最喜欢的语录
保存激励你的语录。在Minditly中建立你的个人智慧合集——在两个平台都可用。