philosophy
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Good and the Danger of the “Tsunami of Normal”
We don’t appreciate normal in our culture until something changes and suddenly nothing seems as we thought it to be. But then, that is how life works. Normal is accepted in disdainful neglect until either death, failure, disaster, or unusual… Continue reading
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Good, Dictators, Billionaires and a Servant Leader
The trick of a successful dictatorship is to reduce all considerations to the balance of power and then grab power at all costs and any consequence. If you have the power you can do anything you want and usually what… Continue reading
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Good, and Falling through the Cracks
Where does one go when one “falls through the cracks”. This expression has been used by caregivers for decades to describe what happens to their children or elderly parents when for some reason the needs of their charges are not… Continue reading
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Good, Human Rights, Aspiration and Grit
Be it Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, or Disability Rights, at their outset, all of those movements had little to no federal support, legal basis, or even local support. The true broad scope of movements of human rights seem always to… Continue reading
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Good, Law and Order, and Simplicity as Paradox
How can one achieve simplicity in a complex society? Is it a choice to keep it simple or is it an obligation to wade into the complexities of the human drama. Each reader will have their opinion as does this… Continue reading
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Good and Dignity, the 7th, Last, and Bannister of All the Next Democracy’s Virtues
You need go no further than the dictionary get a grasp on the radical meaning of dignity but I think I like Wikipedia’s treatment of the word serves best; Dignity is the right of a person to be valued and respected for their own… Continue reading
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Good, and the 4th Virtue of the Next Democracy
The Fourth proposed virtue of the Next Democracy, “Respect and Reverence for all Life and the Living“, sadly brings us to the divisions in this country over health care and environment. For women, the divisions regarding life and the living are so very vulnerable… Continue reading
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Good, Freedom of Speech in the Context of Democracy’s Morality
The Third Virtue of the Next Democracy is “Freedom of Speech and Expression“. The first two virtues, 1. Speaking Truth and 2. Building a Shared Reality partially set the stage and context for Freedom of Speech, for speech, free or not, is nothing without… Continue reading
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Good, The Second Virtue of the New Democracy, and Shared Reality
If a culture becomes obsessed with differences and competition, not surprisingly they will end up finding differences and competing in those differences. Now if that same culture builds a transactional economy focused and based purely on those competing differences, look out,… Continue reading
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Good, Freedom, Liberty, and the New “Bait and Switch”
The protagonist in a popular television series called Zero Day made a distinction between liberty and freedom. Because this writer had never really given those two words much thought at that level I went to the Oxford Dictionary to see… Continue reading
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