After another day of thought, I believe I have found a suitable resolution to the stoics reaction to the earthquake in Haiti. As I've stated in the last blogs, the stoics hold us accountable to that which is within our capabilities. Meaning, it is not within my capability to volunteer in Haiti, so I should not have intentions to do so. So what is within my capabilities? Donation, which I have already addressed. But also, the stoics would hold me accountable for generating awareness (this may seem unnecessary because of the nature of such a catastrophe, but I mean the continued awareness after the novelty of the tragedy has worn off to vicious people). I am held responsible for calling others out when they display callousness at the suffering of other humans (such as Rush Limbaugh).
The stoic action we can engage in is the continuation of the conversation. We can make it our responsibility to call this tragedy to people's attention in months time when students are concerned with papers and parties and the suffering of humanity has subsided in our college's consciousness.
I am thrilled that after the confusion of the two blog entries previous, I have reached a conclusion that I am comfortable with and think the stoics would endorse.
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