What the Enlightenment rejected in the South Sea islands was what it perceived as a stupor, the docile submission to whatever bit of the given is coming your way. And what's coming your way is unlikely to be a breeze or a cow or a coconut, but a new kind of screen you can zap or click to create the illusion that life isn't passing you by.
Susan NeimanHuman attempts to construct moral order are always precarious: If righteousness too often leads to self-righteousness, the demand for justice can lead to one guillotine or another.
Susan NeimanWhatever else you may need to get clarity, you must start with open eyes.
Susan NeimanUnlike kitsch, moral clarity is hard to come by. It means working to make sense of things you do not even want to acknowledge. It often means not knowing if you ever get it right.
Susan NeimanIf life is a gift, then the more you partake in it, the more you show thanks.
Susan NeimanDogma--ideas uninformed by experience--is a form of ingratitude.
Susan Neiman[...] God's message is that we are largely on our own. We are the ones who give moral guidelines body and life. You can take, if you will, your solace in heaven, but you must work out your ethics on earth.
Susan NeimanNegotiating small differences is part of being a grownup; no one can tell you in advance where to put your foot down.
Susan NeimanKitsch is much more than a question of style; it's a preference for consolation over truth. Disney's version of reality is not just cleaned up, it's pernicious. Unlike the best forms of art and philosophy, it undercuts the possibility of transformation because it portrays a world that's just fine as it is--or as it will be by the time the credits come up.
Susan NeimanOrdinary goodness is fraught with veins of vanity and self-interest and above all with pleasure--because goodness makes you feel more alive.
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