Robert ReichRobert Reich: The death of shame https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-death-of-shame?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=auto_share&r=df9r
Torgeir Fjeld@rbreich @ChrisMayLA6 This goes directly to our previous discussion on guilt and shame in contemporary societies (Williams).
Emeritus Prof Christopher Maythanks; I was particularly struck by these concluding remarks:
'shamelessness has gained a certain elan. Audacity, insolence, and impudence are welcomed. Irreverence is celebrated....
Meanwhile, instead of being directed at behavior that undermines the common good, shame is now often deployed against people who don’t fit in. Social media unleashes torrents of invective on people who do little more than say something silly or look different or are socially inept'!
@ChrisMayLA6 @rbreich Right, and as for the interconnected question of honour (in Bernard Williams's terminology) this seems to undermine the prevailing idea that it is these harbingers of impudent behaviour that are the honourable ones.