Tag: society
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Holding People Accountable and Creating Good Citizens
Being a good citizen means being a contributor, a person who contributes to the collective, this means acting with the intent to give.
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Is Morality an Excuse for Judgment?
Without compassion our moral judgments can very quickly lead us to commit an injustice in the name of what we deem to be morally right.
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Do We Live in a Dog Eat Dog World?
The slogan “this is a dog eat dog world” is regularly used even though this is not a world which contains a large amount of dogs getting eaten by other dogs.
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Do we Need to Re-think Society?
When ‘takers’ collude a society begins to disintegrate.
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Lets Return to Virtue: Being a Good Human Being
As a society we would do well to remember the wisdom of the ancients. Aristotle defined happiness as an “activity of the soul in accordance with perfect virtue.”
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The Winner Takes it All… by Yusuf Abdulrahman
Learners soon discover that in order to be considered significant by the system, they require top-grades, and their attention is quickly shifted from discovery and creativity to the acquisition of certificates.
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Morality: Why It Is Important For Your Well-Being
Trust and trustworthiness is the fabric of social cohesion, it is the glue that turns two people into one family and two families into one community.
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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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What Needs to be Done to Improve Service Delivery
If we were to have practically wise institutions then they would not only have the will to look after our interests but they would also have the skill to be able to effectively look after our interests.
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Our Customized Humanity
“What is required” said the commentator with complete sincerity “is to customize the people to become comfortable in the urban environment.”