A Selfless Art

‘We shouldn’t feel too bad that we feel bad: our guilt is not a mistake. More important, we shouldn’t let it put us off, condemning our own efforts as too small. They may be small – but it’s perverse to deal with that by throwing up our hands and doing less. There is value in a single step towards justice, and one step leads to another. While it’s hard to make a difference on one’s own, the march of millions is made up of individuals; and there’s collective action at every scale, from local unions to protests and political campaigns.’

Kieran Setiya, Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way, p. 144

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