Ethics, Morality, and Virtue: Relative vs. Absolute Meaning

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Ethics, Morality, and Virtue: Relative vs. Absolute Meaning Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.” Genesis 11:4 “Then the queen began to lament and to weep, …

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Plato on Democracy

We generally think of Athens as the birthplace of modern democracy.  It was in fact, far more directly democratic than the United States is today.  Individual citizens were given the power to vote on individual issues, not just for political leaders. And politically ambitious citizens, who were not aristocracy, sometimes made it to high-ranking positions.  To be clear, only free …

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