Op-Ed: The Ethics of Imagination: The Space Between Your Ears

April 11, 2007

Why do we need an ethics of imagination? Because ethics without imagination is dogma, and imagination without ethics is dangerous. In order to foster human consciousness, we must not only have an intention, but we must also have a capacity to imagine by improving the stalk of understanding, compassion, and indeed, empathy that goes with a socially conscious imagination. (IEET)