1 Goal (Ethics).
Quick Hits
10 random key ideas.
1.
TST Term.
The TST goal of supporting lasting well-being for individuals, groups, societies, and nature.
2.
Quote:
- Laozi.
- circa 550 BCE.
Meaning:
Embrace life’s natural flow rather than fighting against it. By yielding to nature, you can find peace, simplicity, and balance, avoiding unnecessary conflict or forced actions.
3.
From History:
Group ethics guides. Personal morality chooses. Act with good intent. Weigh the result. Adjust.
4.
The Eightfold Path is Buddhism’s practical roadmap for seeing clearly, acting ethically, training the mind, and walking a wiser life path.
5.
Quote:
- Epicurus.
- 300 BCE.
Meaning:
Happiness fails when “enough” is never allowed to be enough. In other words, if enough isn’t enough, nothing ever will be.
6.
From History: Protection against authority.
Due process is the boundary that separates lawful authority from arbitrary power.
7.
Critical thinkers should judge the Republican Party under Trump by its behavior under pressure: does it protect cardinal virtues and is it bending toward authoritarian power.
8.
Quote:
- Socrates.
- 399 BCE.
Meaning:
Socrates wants you to think well to live well. His “unexamined life” is about using skepticism and critical thinking to live a meaningful life, that includes self-reflection, and fulfillment.
9.
From History:
Build character by practicing virtue and fostering good intent in your decision making. Start by mastering the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, justice, and temperance.
10.
Column summary:
Situational ethics asks what we should do when no option feels morally clean, and Just War Theory is one of its clearest examples.
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