Where have all the virtuous role models gone?

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young people needed to be given a new definition of success, one less connected with the acquisition of fame and fortune and more with contributing to the world. This would not only help those around them, but enhance their own happiness and well-being too.

We held up leaders like Mandela and Martin Luther King and Gandhi, not because they were rich, not because they were famous, but because of their passion to serve and the sacrifices they made to lift up other people. We’ve got to make that important again.”

Part of the answer is the Internet. Being a paragon of virtue was easier in the time before the baying mobs of social media arrived on the scene. Today, it is almost impossible for anyone in a prominent position to survive without having their character and integrity called into question before too long because of some error of judgment or instance of “wrongthink”.

the West has moved away from ethical outlooks that focus on virtue and towards a utilitarianism that emphasises the outcomes of our actions rather than the content of our characters

An interesting idea about how social media can convey instant fame today, but also create a dearth of real heroes?