"when our economic distress is fraught by ethical failure…"
No, not the Guardian, and not the Telegraph – actually a commentary on Genesis reflecting on greed and self interest as the primary and promoted driver of a society.
In such a society citizens then choose to give power to those who best demonstrate a capacity to satisfy our greed and selfishness without thought for others.
It cannot end well when economic values trump ethical values, and worth is measured by human acquisitiveness rather than human flourishing.
And it cannot end well when the moral character, trustworthiness and ethical values of two Prime Ministerial candidates are deemed irrelevant so long as " We get what I want".
The Bible has a lot to say about hubris, power without moral accountability, leadership evacuated of integrity, and economics with neither ethics nor compassion.
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