455: Care or Cure
About this episode
The episode explores the difference between seeking to cure problems and adopting an ethic of care in the face of difficulties.
When we're in difficulty, or people who matter to us are in difficulty, we often rush to find out how to make the problem go away. That's just fine for some issues we face... for example just before recording today's episode we had to fix an audio issue which would have prevented us getting this episode out. But many other kinds of difficulties are not so amenable to such an approach and, in any case, trying the 'fix' them might mean having to exile part of ourselves, or treat something that is deep and poetic as if it were shallow and trivial. So instead of trying to 'cure' an issue we face, Thomas Moore's source this weeks invites us into an ethic of 'care', in which we " might take the time to watch and listen as gradually it reveals the deeper mysteries lying within daily turmoil. Problems and obstacles offer a chance for reflection that otherwise would be precluded by the swift routine of life." This week is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace . This is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the…
People in this episode
Hosts: Lizzie Winn, Justin Wise
Topics covered
- care
- cure
- difficulties
- reflection
- human living
- ethics
Keywords
- care
- cure
- difficulties
- reflection
- human living
- Thomas Moore
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Care vs Cure
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