Thinking & Action for Ethical Being

Walk the line

Walking the line between absolutism and relativism is where Appiah finds cosmopolitanism in his writing Cosmopolitanism and The Art of Social Change. In doing so, it allows him to suggest that some actions are not necessarily absolutely right or wrong, or that knowledge, truth, and morality may not only…

Love thy neighbor

Benjamin Disraeli once said, “Christianity teaches us to love our neighbor; modern society acknowledges no neighbor.”

#SELFIE

Though this is not exactly a selfie, this photo taken by my mother is a perfect representation of my origins and ethnicity. In this photo, my…

Mental Evolution, What Good Can We Do?

When I look at a photo of myself, I see a different me each time. Maybe that because I am…

Our Duty as a Whole

“Where all are guilty, nobody is.” (147)

In today’s world, interconnected society is an unquestioned reality. As the world shrinks vastly smaller with the moment, it reinforces the idea that we are a united people. In a matter of minutes I…

Education

Education in the states is not equal among various locations. When reading the two articles, it became relevant that location certainly defines a school and what it has to offer students. This issue needs to be resolved becasue we cannot keep saying America is equal when the inequality is right under our nose.

La Guerre Silencieuse

Structural Violence as Farmer points out creates much suffering for the inhabitants that fall victim to it. In Pathologies of power he discusses the key factor that most suffering continues to circle back to is poverty, poverty and a lack of knowledge of what is happening. Poverty leads the poor to…

“Like the Dry Earth Misses the Rain.”

Dr. Paul Farmer’s writings on some of his work in Haiti — one of the world’s most struggling countries — offers only a very minimal glimpse at the immense proportion of suffering that a majority of its residents experience on a daily basis. In “On Suffering and…

CRITICAL REFLECTION: Sabrina Needs Her Identity Back and Selfie Assignment (DUE Sept 2, 3pm)

When it comes to achieving the deepest kind of self-knowledge, it is not enough simply to be transparent to oneself. One must also be recognized by others for what one is. — Charles Guignon, On Being Authentic