Trustworthiness
We all value trustworthiness. Most of us try to be trustworthy ourselves and we look for it in…
Month: July 2011
Why Virtue?
Over two thousand years ago, Aristotle said, We are not studying in order to know what virtue is,…
Outcomes versus Goals
We are taught to pursue our goals. This is a good thing. Focus is always helpful in bringing…
Firing On All Cylinders?
For more than three hundred years Western thought has been dominated by the images of industrialism and scientific…
Evil versus Tragedy
Many things are tragic – natural disasters, premature death, illness and so on. These are not caused by…
What Everybody Needs to Know About Thinking for Yourself
Thinking for yourself is not about following every whimsical notion and desire and doing just as you please.…
What Everybody Needs to Know About Our Actions
In 1851, American physician, Samuel A. Cartwright presented a medical paper on a disease called drapetomania. This ‘illness’…
What Everybody Needs to Know About Emergence
What are emergent systems? In his book, Emergence – the Collected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software, Steven…
What Everybody Needs to Know About Cooperation
In the 1980s, political scientist Robert Axlerod ran a number of computer tournaments to try to discover which…
What Everybody Needs to Know About Reality
(A day’s worth of food in the palm of…