Resisting Throwaway Culture

<p>This is a book about hope in the midst of a polarized culture.</p><p>Camosy begins with a hopeful starting point in the midst of a crumbling US political culture: two of every three Americans constitute an “exhausted majority” who reject right/left polarization and are open to alternative viewpoints. Especially at this time of realignment we have been given a unique moment to put aside the frothy angsty political debates and think harder about our deepest values. A Consistent Life Ethic especially one which embraces Pope Francis’ challenge to resist “throwaway culture” has the capacity to unite people who for the last several decades imagined themselves in a polarized culture war. On issues ranging from hook-up culture reproductive technology abortion euthanasia poverty immigration treatment of animals and mass incarceration this book articulates a new moral vision in which a culture of encounter and hospitality replaces a consumer culture in which the most vulnerable get used and discarded as so much trash. At bottom Camosy offers readers a golden opportunity to dialogue about what kinds of values should serve as the foundation for a new political culture.</p><p> </p>