The adaptive moral challenge of COVID-19

This author offers of narrative hope in response to the coronavirus pandemic by viewing it as a wake-up call lean into adaptive moral challenge stewardship for future humanity and planet. Acknowledging many material social benefits global regime free market urbanism built on advances science technology, this is point geohistory, Anthropocene, when impact human activities Earth has begun outcompete natural processes. The illuminated systemic failures new challenges Anthropocene that if we are build hopeful Pointing millennia threats disasters, asserts an evolutionary hardiness attributable much capacities rational intelligence singularly defining trait fueling learning thrival. current latest humanity’s evolution moments urgent threat have tested, expanded, defined our character species. Rather than falter under burden its consequences, views pivotal opportunity stretch horizons taking responsibility created inventing ethical frameworks tools will lead us understandings solutions face.