By almost any measure, the world is "better" today than ever. We have reduced poverty and the child mortality rate while increasing literacy and education. Yet mental health issues are drastically rising, happiness is in decline and marriage is becoming less common. We will discuss a potential cause, the concept of Moral Adventure. Moral Adventure leads to inaction, the shedding of responsibility, the refusal to make commitments and in the end, aimlessness. We will discuss some of the traps of Moral Adventure and how to escape through the concept of Spontaneous Obedience.

Moral Adventure leads to inaction or worse, aimlessness. In the coming months we'll discuss why it is so dangerous, why so many fall into it and how to escape through Spontaneous Obedience. In this introduction, we'll define Moral Adventure and discuss how to escape through Spontaneous Obedience.