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Category: Social morality
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Empathy is the ability to experience, or know, what someone else is experiencing. It is thought to be a product of neurons within the brain called “mirror-neurons”. People commonly experience this phenomenon when they yawn in response to someone else’s yawn. Some people are more empathetic than others. Some seem to have a total lack…
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There is among us a group of haters. Many among this group are unaware that they hate. Those that are unaware are victims of this group just as much as those they hate. There are many names given to this group. An acronym NOW, Women’s Rights Activists, Empowered Women, or just plain feminists. From its…
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The first thing that came up when I searched for “Why are there so many divorces?” was the suggestion that too many young people are getting married simply because they are having a baby. Aside from the fact that a child needs both parents in a loving home, it could be suggested that perhaps the…
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Society has always been to some degree gynocentric, that is, valuing female life above male life. At one time evolution would dictate that such an evaluation was warranted. Now that human population has reached its present magnitude, evolution no longer holds sway. It is now only through arbitrary choice by the masses that females are…
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The internet has become a means by which subversives can coax, cajole, persuade people to follow and support stances which are not in their best interests. Through subterfuge it is possible to find yourself supporting issues that are opposed to your existence. Through use of the human quality of empathy there are those who will…
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Soon there will be the Black Friday sales. Super bargains will be offered, but you better hurry. Best you be first in line, or you’ll miss out. There will be the usual news stories the days before the sale, people actually camped out at the front door of the stores waiting to get…
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Morality: mo·ral·i·ty noun \mə-ˈra-lə-tē, mȯ-\ : beliefs about what is right behavior and what is wrong behavior : the degree to which something is right and good : the moral goodness or badness of something Nice-ness: (Nice) niceadjective, nicer, nicest.1. pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit. 2. amiably pleasant; kind: They are always nice to…
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“Women and Children first” is the cry often heard. The example cited is usually that of the Titanic. A recent example of this gynocentric point of view is the “save the girls” plea about the kidnapped Africans. This occurred shortly after the slaughter of innocent boys in the same area about which there was never…
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Much has been said regarding the morality and need for the death penalty. Many have remarked that the cost to the public of maintaining an individual in confinement for a lifetime is less than that associated with the many appeals of a death sentence. I have, I admit, overtime, gone from one stance to another…
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“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” – Les Brown
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