 By Stuart J. Whitley | Bio
I’ve been writing about the ethic of aging,
which is an internal imperative obligating the transmission of values,
ethics and wisdom from one generation to another. Usually, this is a
phenomenon that occurs unconsciously, in a way nearly invisible against
the tapestry of quotidian life. But now and then, it’s rendered
explicit, often in surprisingly casual ways. An old friend Wolf and I were in[ Read More]
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 By Jim Selman | Bio
One of the things I appreciate most about the Internet is
being ‘surprised’ when I stumble onto something or someone that I didn’t know
existed. This weekend a friend mentioned a new PBS series called “Justice”
presented by a Harvard professor Michael J Sandel.
A few minutes on Google and I was drawn into a number of online lectures with
students and other audiences on the topic of ‘what is right’ and the importance
of critical thinking in a civilized and democratic society. One blog concluded
that, while his topic is justice, the real point to his teaching is
‘citizenship’. [ Read More]
Written by eldering at Leadership
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 By Stuart J. Whitley | Bio
Ethics concerns the attempt by disciplined discernment to identify
moral options available in a given case, around which there is some
general agreement. Professional societies and other groups, through
statements of ethical standards or codes of conduct, attempt to assert
rules about rightness of conduct that rise above the minimum standards
of the law. This is most often referred to as ‘applied ethics’.[ Read More]
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