Thomas Aquinas — The world is divine! – Ralph Ammer
A large part of our civilisation rests on the shoulders of one medieval monk: Thomas Aquinas.| Ralph Ammer
A large part of our civilisation rests on the shoulders of one medieval monk: Thomas Aquinas.| Ralph Ammer
Navid Kermani und Anne Rabe schreiben über Liebe und Moral in der Politik. Können sie überzeugen? Worin gründet die bürgerliche Moral angesichts der Krisen unserer Zeit?| Die Eule
About 2300 years ago, the great Chinese thinker Xunzi 荀⼦ wrote: “Human nature is bad“. But he wasn’t just having a bad day. The question—Are humans fundamentally good or bad?—is a major fork in the road. How you answer this question profoundly impacts your morals and how you live your life. Previous to Xunzi, another famous scholar had claimed that human nature was inherently good. Mengzi 孟子: Human nature is good The Ox Hill Mengzi had illustrated his idea with a story about...| Ralph Ammer
2400 years ago Aristotle found out how to be happy. His Nicomachean Ethics is an operating manual for a good life: What is good? First of all, what makes a thing a good thing? A good thing fulfils its unique function. A good knife is a knife that is good at cutting. A good eye is an eye that is good at seeing. Now, what makes a good human? To know what a human should be good at, we need to look at what is unique about humans: We have a soul that thinks and feels. So for us to live a good li...| Ralph Ammer
von Bertrand Russell Nach allem, was man mir gesagt und mich gelehrt hat, ist der Mensch mit Vernunft begabt. Ein ganzes langes Leben hindurch habe ...| das-blaettchen.de
How did the democratic process and the values it represents — equality and liberty for all — come to be teetering on the brink? Mark illuminates the fact that the Constitution is not a set-in-stone document, but eminently open to interpretation, and explains that its interpretation is a direct reflection of the worldviews of the Supreme Court justices. In fact, the whole process of democracy needs to be aligned with a certain level of development in order to deliver...| Integral Life
This article examines ethical frameworks across levels of human development and via the quadrants of the AQAL model. The ethical line is examined as it progresses through stages of development, paying special attention to the role of the felt sense in the determination of right action. The role of unconscious forces, particularly the felt sense of disgust, is examined as the basis of moral intuition. Integral Ethics includes the ethical framework of the previous stages and an examination of p...| Integral Life
