David Marchese

And how does one determine for themselves what counts as sufficiently ambitious moral behavior?

And how does one determine for themselves what counts as sufficiently ambitious moral behavior?

This guy can't be the benchmark. That's really the heart of my question. I'm almost getting there.

This guy can't be the benchmark. That's really the heart of my question. I'm almost getting there.

But I think part of the question is, I'll take myself as an example. So I do a handful of charitable or altruistic works, you know, all of which I do in my spare time. They don't really impinge on my life in any way. I am strategic about giving to charity, but not at a level where it affects day-to-day purchases I might make or something like that.

But I think part of the question is, I'll take myself as an example. So I do a handful of charitable or altruistic works, you know, all of which I do in my spare time. They don't really impinge on my life in any way. I am strategic about giving to charity, but not at a level where it affects day-to-day purchases I might make or something like that.

And I think, presumably, certainly if someone like Thomas Clarkson is the model, that is wildly... insufficient if my goal is to in any way help bring about a better world am i really prepared to do more than that i don't know but i would like someone maybe someone like you to help me better understand like what is the level at which i can say i'm doing enough

And I think, presumably, certainly if someone like Thomas Clarkson is the model, that is wildly... insufficient if my goal is to in any way help bring about a better world am i really prepared to do more than that i don't know but i would like someone maybe someone like you to help me better understand like what is the level at which i can say i'm doing enough

And, you know, the book also has this implicit idea that there is a deficit of moral ambition.

And, you know, the book also has this implicit idea that there is a deficit of moral ambition.

But I want to press on that a little because one could say that the movement to overturn Roe versus Wade was a morally motivated movement.

But I want to press on that a little because one could say that the movement to overturn Roe versus Wade was a morally motivated movement.

Or one could also— Maybe it would take a little fancy footwork, but one could argue that, you know, what happened on January 6th was a morally driven movement. So what do you think would account for the possibility that moral ambition on the right seems to be more ascendant at the moment or maybe more effectively utilized than moral ambition on the left?

Or one could also— Maybe it would take a little fancy footwork, but one could argue that, you know, what happened on January 6th was a morally driven movement. So what do you think would account for the possibility that moral ambition on the right seems to be more ascendant at the moment or maybe more effectively utilized than moral ambition on the left?

Do you think there are reasons that would explain why the left still needs to learn the lessons that the right seems to have learned when it comes to affecting the moral changes it wants to see?

Do you think there are reasons that would explain why the left still needs to learn the lessons that the right seems to have learned when it comes to affecting the moral changes it wants to see?

Do you think there are different ways that the left could be communicating its moral messages that might cut through, particularly for younger people and particularly for younger men, in the way that cultural conservatives seem to be reaching that same audience?

Do you think there are different ways that the left could be communicating its moral messages that might cut through, particularly for younger people and particularly for younger men, in the way that cultural conservatives seem to be reaching that same audience?

Yeah, these are stories of young men who are... It's a bad sign if we have to point to Frodo and Luke Skywalker. Okay.

Yeah, these are stories of young men who are... It's a bad sign if we have to point to Frodo and Luke Skywalker. Okay.