
We are all caught in a pessimism trap but there is a way out
When the world is going to hell in a handcart, it’s easy to fall into the pessimism trap. But it’s not the right thing to do
by Jennifer M Morton
Jennifer M Morton is Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Philosophy, with a secondary appointment at the Graduate School of Education, at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a senior fellow at the Center for Ethics and Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Moving Up without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility (2019).