For too long our culture has said, 'If it feels good, do it.' Now America is embracing a new ethic and a new creed: 'Let's roll'.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims society is shifting from a pleasure-based ethic to one of action and duty.
- In plain terms
- America is moving from doing what feels good to taking action.
- What can you take from it?
- Cultural values can shift toward collective duty.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What defines the new ethic today?
- How do values change after a crisis?
Another view
Not everyone agrees on what the new ethic is.
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