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Aristotle wrote that virtuous character and practical wisdom require habituation. Can we, therefore, be good in a bad, or defective, society? Can we even understand what the Good in life is in such conditions? Or can virtue only be formed in opposition to them?

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Do not accept bad situations or unfair compromises.

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Life, in hindsight, is a series of memories; some good, some bad. Without significant moments that made a lasting impression upon you, the past will seem empty, like a blank page. Fill your life with things that matter, and avoid giving time and attention to things that don't.

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If the price of freedom is the price of home free from debt (at a minimum), and our society values freedom, why is this not the highest priority (in reality)?

If less advanced societies throughout history have better managed housing under (presumably) less effective economic systems, why can't we?

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Matthew B. Crawford's book "The Case for Working with Your Hands" makes the case for greater self-sufficiency and satisfaction through non-routinized, physical work. Interesting read that makes some good points.

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Why does modern work lack meaning and purpose? White-collar work is often process-driven, rules-based, and subject to automation and offshoring. Traditional crafts first moved into factories and then - often - to foreign countries.

Is working with our hands the answer?

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Check out our latest article on the "Econocracy".

https://t.co/h2DbtCnZCM

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Interesting analysis of the rent vs buy housing decision:

https://t.co/wG4mDqyTmT

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Would it be stranger for there to be a definite form of human nature, given observable regularities in behaviour, and that right or wrong is informed by this human nature, or that there is no way to interpret right or wrong from the way people are?

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What do you want in life? How must you live? A life not self-directed, or a passive acceptance of circumstances, can only by opportune intervention, benevolent influence, or luck lead to fulfillment.

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In the book lies the soul of the whole past time. The articulate audible voice of the past when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream.

State Library of NSW, Thomas Carlyle

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"Whatever advantages now attend human life have flowed entirely from the mutual help of men...there is nothing in this world from which greater advantage can come to man than from man himself."

Samuel Pufendorf, On the Duty of Man and Citizen.

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"A winter's day lies upon us, and we dwell in high mountains, dangerously and in poverty."

Nietzsche

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"...all knowledge is a whole and the separate sciences parts of one...all branches of knowledge are connected together."

John Henry Newman, The Idea of a University

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Humility is liberating.

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Is 'natural law' moral theory simply common sense? That is, things all people do, or should, know through reason or intuition about what a good life is and, as a result, how we should behave?

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A person is a collection of habits; a product of the unconscious mind. Changing habits requires awareness, resilience, and persistence.

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Create a situation where the outcome you desire is inevitable.

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What methods are available to resolve significant moral disagreements in the absence of natural law and religion? Have these methods proven effective?

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Reading across disciplines in the humanities and social sciences (such as history, English, philosophy, and economics) is essential to provide context and depth to an informed worldview.