Increasingly, politics is not about 'who gets what, when, how' but about values, each of them considered to be absolute. Politics is about 'the right to life'...It is about the environment. It is about gaining equality for groups alleged to be oppressed...None of these issues is economic. All are fundamentally moral. -- Atlantic Monthly (1994)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Politics has shifted from economic distribution to absolute moral values like life and equality, making debates fundamentally moral rather than economic.
- In plain terms
- Politics is about moral values now not just money.
- What can you take from it?
- Modern political debates are rooted in moral values rather than economics.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are politics really non-economic?
- How do values shape policy?
Another view
Many political issues still have significant economic dimensions.
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