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Sun 2 May, 2010

Who Is Really to Blame?

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The virtue of prudence gives rise to the virtue of “memory” – the habit of learning from our mistakes. Rather than attempting to place personal blame for the priest sexual abuse scandals, perhaps we should be looking at the erroneous philosophies that led us to believe that disordered sexuality could be healed through human means only. What lessons can we learn form our past mistakes? Continue reading

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Mon 4 May, 2009

Giving In To Senioritis – Extending Childhood Yet Again

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May is the month for students to look forward to graduation and the approach of the end of the year. The classroom tends to take on an air of spring lightheartedness mixed with impatience for summer vacation. As a student I actually enjoyed this time of year – when homework could be done outside and the monotony of book work cold be broken by games of frisbee or volleyball, or… Continue reading

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Wed 11 Feb, 2009

The Choice Between Cultural Indoctrination and Critical Thinking

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Fairytales and children’s books are often the targets of criticism by those who fear indoctrination from the Right or from the Left. The essay Children of the Left, Unite by Caleb Crain is a case in point. While Crain attacks such claims from the Right, he at the same time levels the same attacks on children’s books from the Left.

What caught my attention wasn’t the tired debate about… Continue reading

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Mon 22 Dec, 2008

What Makes a Society Healthy?

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Since the writings of Aristotle (and probably before), humankind has assumed that human nature was an objective reality, and that certain things were good for us as human beings and other things were not good for us. This assumption extended to human society.

In Plato’s Republic Aristotle argues that society exists for higher purposes than mutual protection. Society exists so that we can help each other reach human fulfillment… Continue reading

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Fri 14 Nov, 2008

Anti-bullying Law a Sign of Failure

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A state law against bullying may offer some measure of protection to our children. However, it will not get rid of bullying and it cannot teach potential bullies how to love instead of exploit others. Such a law may even be a sign of the failure of our society to embrace the family as the first school of love. We have become dependent on social institutions – from daycare to the school system – to raise our children for us. These institutions do not have the power of the family to teach virtue. Continue reading

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