Author name: AUDIOMIND

I don’t know whether there are any moral saints. But if there are, I am glad that neither I nor those about whom I care most are among them. By moral saint I mean a person whose every action is as morally good as possible, a person, that is, who is as morally worthy as can be. Though I shall in a moment acknowledge the variety of types of person that might be thought to satisfy this description, it seems to me that none of these types serve as unequivocally compelling personal ideals. In other words, I believe that moral perfection, in the sense of moral saintliness, does not constitute a model of personal well-being toward which it would he particularly rational or good or desirable for a human being to strive.… Read More...

at birth we are “thrown” into a culture.

We do not choose the particular value system flooding our senses from the moment we are born. Most of us do not choose to be Christians or Muslims, Jews or Buddhists. We do not choose to be Americans or Iraqis, Hottentots or Chinese. We are simply tossed in a pre-existing mix and are expected to fit into the stew of beliefs and values of our particular families and nations.

To extricate oneself from the brew of our heritage is a most difficult enterprise. Most of us simply accept existing traditions and adopt them as our own.… Read More...