ORLANDO STOICS: Care of Oneself, Others, and Our World

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This week we explore a Stoic response to moral panic, the feeling of being pulled between care for yourself, care for others, and care for the world. Christopher Gill argues that Stoicism helps by aiming at consistency, or “joined-up living,” rather than guilt or overload.

The Stoics begin with two basic human motives: care for self and care for others. Gill cautions against reading these as egoism versus altruism. In Stoic ethics, both are natural and morally neutral; they become good only when shaped by virtue. Caring well means choosing and acting with wisdom, justice, courage, and moderation.

On this view, care for self and care for others are interdependent, not competing. You cannot live well in isolation, and care without judgment easily goes astray.

Gill then extends this framework to environmental responsibility. Although the ancient Stoics did not face climate crisis, their view of nature as ordered and intrinsically valuable still matters. Living sustainably need not be an extra moral burden, it can be understood as one way of caring for yourself, for others, and for the world at once.

Stoicism, Gill suggests, turns moral panic into purpose by helping us live coherently within the life we actually have.

Sources:
Care of Oneself, Others, and Our World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9hEqk5VHTQ

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