As one might expect in a society with mass communications and mass markets, the pseudo-ethic says that whatever is popular, is right. Where the traditional ethic derives its sanction from the superiority of a few, the pseudo-ethic derives its sanction from the inferiority of a great many. The pseudo-ethic is keyed, not to the spiritually gifted, but to the spiritually ungifted.


The pseudo-ethic: a speculation on American politics and morals (ed. 1963)

Margaret Halsey Quotes

As one might expect in a society with mass communications and mass markets, the pseudo-ethic says that whatever is popular, is right. Where the...

As one might expect in a society with mass communications and mass markets, the pseudo-ethic says that whatever is popular, is right. Where the...

As one might expect in a society with mass communications and mass markets, the pseudo-ethic says that whatever is popular, is right. Where the...

As one might expect in a society with mass communications and mass markets, the pseudo-ethic says that whatever is popular, is right. Where the...