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Immigration policy has become a question of character
The United States is beginning to look like a dictatorship seeking to divest itself of anyone who is poor and speaks Spanish.
“Character is destiny,” wrote Heraclitus, a philosopher who lived in what was then the Persian Empire more than 2,500 years ago. In an age when we seldom think about character because the ...
From the posters on the walls to the words used in lessons, students at Greentree Elementary School in the Humble Independent School District have been showered with the same message every day ...
Whether they’re reading for their own edification, as a way to show off, or not reading at all, the White Lotus characters’ book choices (or lack thereof) are illuminating and, as someone who ...
The Character Gap is an insightful and wonderful book. The book is based on some of his own scholarship on character, as well as the findings of a good deal of psychological research concerning it.
The new initiative aims to integrate ethics into engineering curriculums, with the goal of creating better engineers and people. By offering workshops, consultations and reading groups, Character ...
Educating for Character: How Our Schools Can Teach Respect and Responsibility. New York: Bantam Books, 1991. Nash, Robert J. Answering the Virtuecrats: A Moral Conversation on Character Education. New ...
A new, expanded edition of the classic police ethics textbook Praise for Character and Cops “This fascinating volume, a sophisticated exercise in applied political philosophy, illuminates the ...
She has written a book, "The Character of American Democracy," in which she uses this "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch" anecdote and others from her time in Congress to argue that the ...
I’ve found two words very important when dealing with ethics: Conduct and character, the title of a popular book used in many ethics classes written by Dr. Mark Timmons, professor of philosophy ...