philosophy
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Good and the Disease of Insatiable Wealth
Dr. David Lay Williams is a professor of political science who studies the role of economic inequality in the history of political thought. He wrote the following quote as a guest writer in the New York Times addressing ancient concerns… Continue reading
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Good, Human Connection, and Social Capital
What is Social Capital? Is it the ultimate expression of capitalism, or is it an organic dimension of universal human development and thriving? Let’s start with the idea off social capital as a misnomer. Poor people, and I mean desperately… Continue reading
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Good, the 20th Century “Magna Carta” for the World and the Child in America
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was passed by the United Nations in 1948. That Declaration has been described as the Magna Carta of the Twentieth Century. The quote below is taken from the Convention on the Rights of the Child which… Continue reading
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Good and Washington’s Resignation: A Moral Lesson Forgotten
Heather Cox Richardson, in her Letters From an American, a model column writer for all writers summarized beautifully the Revolutionary War that brought our country into being . Here is a direct quote from the that column in her June… Continue reading
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Good , Ungrounded and the Secular Ecumenical Virtues
Growing up in our divided country is a numbing challenge for both today’s youth and young adults. The current government is busy trashing the language of virtue, disdaining ethics, and simply ignoring morality. Our leadership is promoting pragmatism, and purely… Continue reading
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Good, Universal Moral Distress, and a Wide Diverse World
I was informed by the website provider that this project called The Good Decision has just passed being viewed in 50 plus nations. This comes as a surprise for as you may know as a reader, this is a pretty… Continue reading
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Good, AI, and Dime Store Demi-Gods Playing with Fire
Yes, calling billionaires Dime Store-Demi Gods may seem a stretch, but in terms of wisdom and caring this writer has no trouble with the radical demotion. AI has been called the God Machine because of predictions this unbridled super-artificial-amoral intelligence… Continue reading
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Words Better than Mine: Hannah Arendt and Authoritarian Government
Hannah Arendt was a German, Jewish, American, Philosopher, and Historian from the 20th century. Her insights on authoritarian and totalitarian government accurately predicted today’s situation in the United States. If you read nothing else by her, these quotes should get… Continue reading
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Good, Globalism and Heart Disease
Certain forms of disregulation in the human body can add up to a heart attack in the human body. No mystery that from the moment the heart stops the entire body begins to break down in a catastrophic hurry. The… Continue reading
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Good and the New/Old Amoral Religiosity
This writer finds it curious that some times the most religiously aligned political actors use their political power to suspend the morality of their own religion. Our current President is criticizing and denouncing Catholicism’s leader for speaking out in support… Continue reading