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Good, Democracy and the Fallacy of “My Own Morality”
The question becomes: Can one individual have their own morality? The short answer is no. Only a narcissist can have “their own static morality” and that becomes a diagnosis rather than a morality. Ultimately morality is a social word and… Continue reading
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Good and Overcoming the Short Comings of Histrionics in National Leadership
Histrionics as a term is used often by misogynists to describe their presumed female gender’s response to complex situations that often require new levels of nuance, intuition, and clear thought. When a word in the english language gets trapped in… Continue reading
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Good, Government, and No Power, No Play
I suspect the readership of this column could expand if this Project were to pick sides and join in the stalemated fray called American politics. The reason that doesn’t happen is The Good Decision Project is about good and how… Continue reading
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Good, Methadone, and Fossil fuels: America’s Drug of Choice
Every time I hear or read we “captured” another county’s leader, I cringe. This writer is clearly no fan of Venezuela’s President, but let us face the truth; kidnapping another nation’s president is not “capturing” but simple kidnapping. No, this… Continue reading
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Good, War Games, and Power Addiction
There have always been troubled human beings in power for the simple reason power for the individual seems an easier consoling alternative to the hard difficult work of returning to health. What history can’t teach us is how important it… Continue reading
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Good and Punishment on ‘Suspicion of Crime’
In some slow not so subtle changes in our country’s sense of justice, to suspect one of a crime is becoming the new standard of punishment: no trial, no evidence, no justification; simply suspicion can trigger brutal or even capital… Continue reading
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Good, and Discerning Fib, Hyperbole, and lie
Different words of deception carry varying levels of gravity. A fib is when you tell your parents you have finished your homework when in fact you only finished by closing the school books. You will live with the consequences the… Continue reading
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Good and “My Child is Being Poisoned”. When to Intervene?
For a quick short answer I urgently suggest “RIGHT NOW”. What parent wouldn’t immediately rescue their young child from death or life long injury seeing their child in imminent danger? But suppose there were two children and it was your… Continue reading
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Good, the Parasite and the Public Ethic
A good parasite does not kill its host or at least not immediately. A good parasite knows at some primitive level that for as long as the host lives, the nutrition flows. But like all other communities of life, some… Continue reading
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Good, Generosity, and Poverty; the Ultimate Values Clarifier
True poverty reduces one to their true values but poverty is such a hard edged teacher. One can easily present as a good person if one has sufficient resources, but obeying your own authority regarding the values of good from… Continue reading
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