"We let people die alone" - Episode Highlights

Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs - A podcast by J.A. Franklin, T.J. Pelham, Daniel French - Fridays

In this clip from the week's longer episode, Revs Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham reflect on the questionable ethical priorities that were involved in the decision to cause people to die alone in hospitals and elsewhere during the Covid-19 crisis. This relates to a broader conversation concerning the moral lostness of our culture: bereft of a code of ethics or unifying frame of reality as a guide, we have reverted to a crass and inhumane utilitarian outlook that treats human beings as means ...