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apathy, condemnation, empire, joy, sharon-welch, social-justice
Justice: Condemnation versus joy
06.27.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Justice: Condemnation versus joyI picked up a copy of Sharon Welch’s After Empire: The Art and Ethos of Enduring Peace at GA, and I’m slowly working my way through it. From page five: What I know in my soul I learned from the lives of my mother and father: that it is possible to work for justice without […]
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children, compassion, depression, joy, kindness, moral-courage, narcissism, parenting
What’s wrong with these parents today?
02.12.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on What’s wrong with these parents today?Harry asks what character traits parents would most wish for their children to have. In an old survey, the top answers were honesty (overwhelmingly), then obedience and good judgment. Harry, in counterpoint, chooses kindness. I’m surprised how often “academically successful” (to summarize several replies) came up in comments to Harry’s points. Disappointed, really. Parents whose […]
