Br. Max said:I do not understand here - are you advocating for BOTH equal opportunities AND equal out comes then?
Yes you might want to read the Theory of Justice
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Br. Max said:I do not understand here - are you advocating for BOTH equal opportunities AND equal out comes then?
No thank you. I have enough no my reading list right now. How ever a clarification would be appriciated.Erock83 said:Yes you might want to read the Theory of Justice
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Br. Max said:(sorry that it took me so long to post these . . . .)
What values do I hold near and dear to my heart?
(in no particular order)
Responsibility. Stand up and be accountable for what you have done. If you cannot pay the price - stand up and ask forgiveness. Dont blame others for your mistakes - dont expect others to clean up your messes. Dont expect others to pay your way.
Hope. Lift others and yourself at the same time. Dont dwell on what is wrong today - look to the promise of tomorrow. Anyone can point to something that is wrong - but it takes hope to get past the wrong to find a solution.
Charity/service. You know - the opposite of selfishness. Doing things for others. Not for any benefit it does you - but for the benefit it has for others. Charity MUST be voluntary or it is not Charity - it is obligation.
Faithfulness. Meaning what you say - saying what you mean - doing what you say you will do - even if it costs you.
Liberty. NOT LICENSE. Liberty, true liberty, is tempered with responsibility and consequences remembering that just because it is possible to do a thing does not mean that that thing should be done.
Temperance. Control over your desires, your passions, and your pursuits of pleasure.
Diligence. The value of work and of movement - follow through with what you have committed to do - follow up on what you have done - follow up on what you should have done.
Humility. Putting yourself and your desires aside in submission to the
Courtesy. MANNERS AND CONSIDERATION!!!
Fortitude. Are you blown with every wind of fad or pressure? DO you stand up for what you believe in?
Wisdom. Its not enough to know - its more important to apply knowledge and use it.
Family. God put so much value on the family unit that He made sure that He was born into a family. Joseph was ready to put Mary away - to leave her to raise Christ as a single mother. It was the words of a Godly messenger that kept that family together despite the tough times they would face - and face them they did. Attempts to redefine the family to make marriage into something other than what it has always been are dangerous and damaging to us all.
Morality. Do what is right - despite or in spite of what we may feel. Remembering of course that what is right is neither subjective nor relative - it is absolute.
Mercy. The highest virtue. Acting with compassion and understanding when someone is wrong - admits that they are wrong and repents of doing that wrong. Without confession and repentance - giving clemency is not mercy - its license.
I see values as absolutes. There are plenty of things in life that are grey areas - but values should not be one of them. Absolute values better equip you to deal with those grey areas.ACougar said:You seem to percieve the world through an absolute lens, everything is white or it is black and anything that is not white is black. Would you say that this is a fair understanding of your cosmology?
Society is welcome to promote good deeds and charity - but charity itself must be an individual action or it ceases to be charity and instead becomes obligation. If you remove choice - from the person on when and how to implement charity, you have removed the act from the realm of charity and placed the giving in the realm of obligation and the receiving in the realm of entitlement.You also seem to place a lot of importance on the individual. For example if charity isn't done voluntarily then you don't seem to beleive that it counts as charity. Even if that Charity was agreed upon by society as a whole, I guess my question is this. Do you view good deeds and charity peromed by society instead of the individual as a bad thing?
You're welcome.Thanks!
Br. Max said:No thank you. I have enough no my reading list right now. How ever a clarification would be appriciated.
Br. Max said:No thank you. I have enough no my reading list right now. How ever a clarification would be appriciated.
Br. Max said:No thank you. I have enough no my reading list right now. How ever a clarification would be appriciated.