Good, Thriving and The Cost of “I”

philosophy

  • Good, Thriving and The Cost of “I”

    “The master trend in recent Western culture has been to emancipate the individual from the group, and now we are paying the social and spiritual price.”   David Brooks, New York Times It is as if a meteorite just hit North… Continue reading

  • Good and Submitting to Nature and Wilderness

    My wife and I climbed a steep arroyo yesterday just above Ghost Ranch in New Mexico.  There were a few things for us to always consider in the back country in New Mexico.  The first is to stay together if… Continue reading

  • Good, Ethics, Breaking the Law and Country

    Ethics are mediating devices through which  humanity can prevent the rule of law from becoming a tyrant.  Every human person is infinitely complex and every human law is profoundly  limited due to that individual complexity.  The law is most definitely… Continue reading

  • Good, Discovering Reality, Justice, and Imagination

    This country could only end up in this set of circumstances through the lazy neglect of imagination.  The working phrase is: “Imagine how you would feel if . . . . . .?”.   The alternative to imagination, particularly in deciding… Continue reading

  • Good, Faux and True Authenticity, and Survival

    One of our political parties is looking at the attribute ‘authenticity’ to strengthen their political approach. The challenge with authenticity is that it is nearly impossible to fake or predict. Our current leader is probably where he is because he… Continue reading

  • Good, Empathy, Conscience and War

    This writer scans the news for actual facts and waits for the information to either contradict or confirm existing versions of what might be true. This morning of course, the headlines screamed WAR. And below that prospect were the news… Continue reading

  • Good and What is Deeper than Opportunism?

    Capitalism and the American system take heavy criticism for being opportunistic.  Some of that criticism is profoundly merited and some slightly hypocritical.  We all tend to love opportunity when it serves our cause.   The legal system is being exploited and… Continue reading

  • Good, Why We?, and Wily Culpability

    This Project might pull in more readers if this writer stopped using the pronouns  “we” and “us” and started pointing fingers.  I think the current approach may be frustrating to some friends both liberal and conservative.  There are reasons for… Continue reading

  • Good and When Intelligence and Curiosity become a Liability

    When exactly did it become a harsh liability to use words in whole sentences and be curious on all levels about something.  When did intelligence become an unearned privilege? When did addressing natural complexity become the vanity of the self… Continue reading

  • Good and Reforming the Normal: Speaking Truth

    This Project and website proposed seven virtues of a New Democracy to which a citizen would need to commit in order for the United States to begin the process of reforming the era we are in and once again be… Continue reading