Ubuntu
The Nigerian writer, Chris Abani describes the African philosophical concept of Ubuntu as, “…the only way for me to…
Category: reciprocity
Butterfly Effects for Change
The kitchen table is piled with dishes. Laundry flows like lava from baskets. Bills glare reproachfully at you from…
Are Human Rights alright? Part 4
Imagine what might happen if the results of the Human Genome Project really rocked the world. People would stop…
Selflessness
You can’t forget what you don’t know. Take driving as an example. When you become a confident and…
Courage
Courage is not the opposite of fear – it is the defiance of fear. Looking fear in the eye,…
Reflection
All animals – including humans – can use their brains to think and their thoughts can then be…
Courtesy
Now here’s a misunderstood virtue. Courtesy. It has come to be synonymous with pointless protocol or manipulative…
Kindness
In any environment the atmosphere will moderate the growth. Kindness allows all the conditions essential for human growth…
Firing On All Cylinders?
For more than three hundred years Western thought has been dominated by the images of industrialism and scientific…
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.…