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Characters and Our Character

This started off as research into the word morality itself. Another little word journey and weaving a larger tapestry from it. Video Audio Download .mp3: Characters and Our Character Morality “moral qualities,” “moral instruction; morals, manner, character,” http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=morality directly from Latin moralis “proper behavior of a person in society,” literally “pertaining to manners,” coined by Cicero (“De Fato,” II.i) to […]

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Uncomfortable Truths

People want pleasure, not pain. They want comfort and convenience, not uncomfortable truths. People do not want to talk about things that will confront falsity, wrongs and errors in the way they live, the things that will produce tension, pressure, conflict, and controversy. It takes us out of the “positivity” mask we blind ourselves with and puts us into the […]

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Picking Up After Others, Cleaning Up Their Mistakes (NL)

Optimus Prime gets Natural Law to some extent: “We cannot let the humans pay for our mistakes.” – Optimus Prime “How many more of my kind must be sacrificed to atone for your mistakes?” – Optimus Prime Some end up taking the hit on the consequences to actions that others generated and set into motion. This is a result of […]

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