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Chris Hedges: Moral Imper­a­tives — What are indi­vid­u­als to do when faced with a moral imper­a­tive? And soci­ety at large? Philoso­phers since ancient times have been wrestling with this ques­tion as it involves issues of ethics and con­science. When we see an injus­tice do we remain pas­sive and silent or do we inter­vene to try and stop it. Is it our prob­lem or some­one else’s? Pow­er­ful states and insti­tu­tions like to cloak them­selves in moral­i­ty and virtue. Cit­i­zens are pro­pa­gan­dized to let the big boys, since they know what’s best, han­dle every­thing. Do we act on our prin­ci­ples? What are our respon­si­bil­i­ties? Racial seg­re­ga­tion was an obvi­ous immoral­i­ty. Why did it take so long for it to be elim­i­nat­ed? Same with vot­ing rights. Today the old poi­so­nous wines are being repack­aged in new bot­tles. Once again we are faced with moral imperatives.