philosophy
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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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Good, Competition, Capitalism, and the Pressure Points
These reflections arise from reading about the pressures on airline pilots, air traffic controllers, workers subject to ‘keystroke counts’ and other ‘Musklike” pressures being constantly introduced into our world of work. Humans love to compete as it brings out marvelous… Continue reading
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Good, Violence, Scolding and The Tolerance Paradox
We are solidly into the Tolerance Paradox. The Tolerance Paradox, like all really good puzzles like this is a quite simple question: Is intolerance tolerable? How do we subscribe to virtue without becoming trapped in intolerance or finding ourselves tolerating… Continue reading
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Good and The Next Democracy in Our Land
If the current government is not good, what would be good? To make good decisions into the future this Project offers we need a new articulation of the virtues that would constitute the covenant of the Next Democracy for the… Continue reading
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Good, Morality or Business?, the False Binary
When I read one of our political parties had proposed concentrating the message more on business more than morality I had to press against both ears with my hands because my head was threatening to explode. When simple grade school… Continue reading
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Good, False Morality, and Friends and Enemies,
Morality in its natural state is a set of behavioral expectations arising from the social mores of a culture or community. Religions also impact morality, and each informs their own practitioners of their specific moral instructions through their sources of… Continue reading
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