Gurteen Knowledge Blog November 28, 2025, 14:03.
In a free society, all are involved in what some are doing. Some are guilty; all are responsible.
I love quotations, and given my interest in responsibility (I have written a lot about it in my blook), I had to include this quote. Heschel’s point is that guilt rests with individuals, but responsibility is shared.
Even when only one person commits a wrongful act, the wider community has shaped the conditions that made it possible.
In a free society, we all have a duty to create norms and institutions that prevent injustice from taking root.
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