“If heaven punishes Communities for their Vices,” Samuel Adams wrote to his wife, Elizabeth, in 1776, “how sore must be the Punishment of that Community who thinks the Rights of human nature not worth struggling for and patiently submit to Tyranny.”
What is “Moral Injury” and What is to be Done For It? (Part 2 of 2)
[I posted this in 2019. The "injury" has now become gangrenous!] Last time I introduced a newish psychological phrase, “Moral Injury,” which sociologists and psychologists are using to describe, “the damage done to one’s conscience or moral compass when that person perpetrates, witnesses or fails to prevent acts that transgress their own moral and ethical …
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What is “Moral Injury” and What is to be Done About It? (Part 1 of 2)
[I wrote this in 2019. Even more convinced than I was then.] “Moral injury” is a phrase being bantered about these days. The banterers define it as “the damage done to one’s conscience or moral compass when that person perpetrates, witnesses or fails to prevent acts that transgress their own moral and ethical values and …
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Some Poor Polling Place Practices
Let’s talk about some approaches to voting that I believe are generally speaking not the best ways to go about this particular civic duty. The Pessimistic Non-Voter “It’s no use even voting. We’re just passing through this world. Politics is dirty, I don’t want its cooties on me. Let the world go to hell if …
Kings, Prophets, and Presidents: A Warning about Power Abuse
I never imagined I’d be comparing these two kings of Israel: David, arguably their greatest monarch, and Ahab, reportedly one of their worst! At first glance these two men have nothing in common, until we look at their common abuse of power. Refresh your memory of their narratives here. Even the best of people are subject to the …
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