Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responding to Injustice
In the face of injustice, immorality, or any situation that blocks human flourishing, we often have three options: (1) Exit or leave; (2) Raise our voices as individuals or as a group to try to enact change; or (3) Stay silent and be perceived as loyal. Such ethical decisions challenge us in our personal lives as well as our political and economic lives. This service will use this framework developed by economist A.O. Hirschman, a German Jew who was active in the French Resistance to fascism during WWII, to explore examples of moral action in different contexts.
Sermon Leader Bio: Ellen Mutari is a lifelong UU, a writer, researcher, teacher, and activist. She is a pluralist economist who draws inspiration and ideas from multiple theories—probably because of her UU upbringing! Ellen became intrigued to learn more about AO Hirschman’s life and work when watching a Netflix docudrama about the WWII French resistance and realizing that the “Albert” character who was helping refugees escape was the same person who later wrote “Exit, Voice, and Loyalty.”