Tarnished Golden Rule

Public discourse in Peru is lively, ubiquitous, and wide. Politicians rule the media roost. And in this plethora of discussion you would think that just once in a while one would hear an opinion maker saying something...anything...about how people treat one another. For instance, I know of no program whatsoever, including sponsored by USAID which centers on making people more aware of their responsibility for good behavior or considerateness in their everyday ongoing actions. I'm more and more convinced that for developing societies, this is of huge importance. The tendency to do things to only benefit oneself, out of ignorance, desperation, arrogance or whatever condemns the rest of society to expend a tremendous amount of time, energy, and money. More anon.