https://livesteven.com/2026/04/16/not-to-take-action-matters-if-you-add-to-the-moral-void-around-decisions-about-acknowledging-atrocity-or-suffering-looking-out-for-ones-personal-advancement-and-the-per/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-04-16T08:17:57+00:00Not to take action matters if you add to the ‘moral void’ around decisions about acknowledging atrocity or suffering. ‘Looking out for one’s personal advancement’ and the persistence of ‘the moral void’: this blog aims to look beyond, with the help of Stanley Cohen’s (2001) ‘States of Denial: Knowing About Atrocities and Suffering’, the conclusions of mid-twentieth century social science including those of Stanley Milgram and the studies of ‘passive bystanders’ prompted by the brutal murder of Kitty Genovese.dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1917, politics, history, philosophy, trump, arthur-miller, denial, war-crimes, acknowledging-atrocity-and-human-suffering, literature-and-moralityhttps://livesteven.com/2026/04/15/as-if-it-were-a-empty-hall-you-fill-my-mind/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-04-15T07:01:33+00:00As if it were a empty hall, you fill my minddailyprompt, dailyprompt-1913