Archive for the 'ethics' Category
Once you cross the ‘line’- no matter which line, it becomes easier and easier to repeat that crossing- particularly if there are no consequences.
This applies to borders, to the decisions regarding honesty, to taking that pad and pencil from work or to behavior.
Lines are something like fences, but being invisible they are a lot easier […]
January 12th, 2008 | Posted in ethics, responsibility, society | No Comments
I had not planned to get into this subject at the present time but events sometimes arise that push us in directions not of our choosing.
Today, there was a news article on the Internet from The Christian Science Monitor. It was an article written by Mackubin Thomas Owens who is Professor of National Security Affairs […]
January 11th, 2008 | Posted in Fear, Poverty, Racial issues, ethics, injustice, intolerance, survival | 1 Comment
The most significant issue regarding children today is the possibility of children choking on small toy pieces and lead paint on toys. Parents are eager to start their children on literary and artistic careers early in life. There seems to be no problem with giving a 2 year old a box of colored pencils with […]
December 8th, 2007 | Posted in Child Care, Environment, Fear, Health, Parenting, Politics, Uncategorized, ethics, junk science, responsibility, society, survival | 1 Comment
We have heard over and over that there is no such thing as a ‘free lunch’. We, as a people, are losing our ability to survive on our own. We are all expecting the governments-local, state and federal to supply us with everything to make our lives comfortable. We are becoming dependent on someone else […]
November 26th, 2007 | Posted in Borders, Fear, Politics, Uncategorized, ethics, hunger, illegal aliens, intolerance, responsibility, security, society, survival | 3 Comments
Political CorrectnessThe recent trend to “Political Correctness”, that is, neither saying nor doing anything that might offend anyone else leads to a society in which everyone is alert to the possibility that someone might be offended. People start to attempt to seek out the slightest gesture of word or deed that they may consider to […]
November 21st, 2007 | Posted in Fear, Politics, Uncategorized, ethics, injustice, intolerance, responsibility, society | No Comments