philosophy
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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
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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
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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
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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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