Tag: rights
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The Focus on Rights is a Worrying Indicator
One of the surprising indicators I look for is how often individuals raise the issue of their personal rights when interacting with others.
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What Exactly Does Empowerment Mean?
The sad reality is that the understanding of empowerment that is current our country at the moment seems to confirm the issue of expectation rather than that of contribution.
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A Common and Costly Misconception
It seems then that we require a shift from rights-based ethical discourse to virtue-based ethical discourse. This shift will be accompanied by a conversion from slavery and victim-hood to freedom and benevolence.
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The Politics of Convergence: Towards Duties and Freedom
The liberalism of Europe is passé because the politics of Africa is on the march. These are the politics of Convergence and the Bill of Duties.
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The Death of Common Sense
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend Common Sense, who has been with us for many years.
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Coaching and Mentoring and the Issue of Intent, Part 2
What this suggests is that as we mature there is a change in the proportion of the mix of our intent from more self focused in the beginning to more other focused in the end.