In this podcast, by referring to Elizabeth Thompson and Julia Gillard, Gladwell illustrates moral licensing, where one good act is used to justify future less virtuous acts. Gladwell reviews two cases that is similar to each other and related to moral licensing too. The first case he mentioned in the podcast was about Elizabeth Thompson, she was a painter in the nineteenth century and she was the who painted the famous painting “The Roll Call”. Thompson gave cover to the royal academy to refuse her painting to be accepted in their ranks. The second case Gladwell referred to in the podcast is the case of Julia Gillard, the first female prime minister in Australia, and how she fought for her position and how even some members in her party said some surprising anti-feminist things after her election. I think this podcast was related to first one I talked about in some way because it also shows us how our world is not Generous enough to accept others and their ideas because of their gender or skin color and that’s what preventing our world from developing
In this podcast, by referring to Elizabeth Thompson and Julia Gillard, Gladwell illustrates moral licensing, where one good act is used to justify future less virtuous acts. Gladwell reviews two cases that is similar to each other and related to moral licensing too. The first case he mentioned in the podcast was about Elizabeth Thompson, she was a painter in the nineteenth century and she was the who painted the famous painting “The Roll Call”. Thompson gave cover to the royal academy to refuse her painting to be accepted in their ranks. The second case Gladwell referred to in the podcast is the case of Julia Gillard, the first female prime minister in Australia, and how she fought for her position and how even some members in her party said some surprising anti-feminist things after her election. I think this podcast was related to first one I talked about in some way because it also shows us how our world is not Generous enough to accept others and their ideas because of their gender or skin color and that’s what preventing our world from developing