Editorial: The responsibilities of being an Elder
Elders have the wisdom to shape the world as it can be at its best, not necessarily with new inventions or leading the way to Mars, but with our attitudes, our moral values and our votes. As elders we have a moral obligation to speak out against discrimination and an elemental responsibility to teach our grandkids what is right and what is morally reprehensible.
Our views have weight. We are the sages, the teachers, the philosophers with the perspective that only comes with age. But we must speak out. We can’t sit around grumbling about ‘the good old days.” We must weigh in on the public debate on the preservation of the environment, the disparity of wealth, the continuing struggle against racism and the corrosive effects of imprecise scales of justice.
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