Aristotle gives first place to honor

Aristotle gives first place to honor Honor is not something one generally wills It is something that is conferred by othersOr given by oneself to anotherIt is a characteristic not an action
Aristotle's list of virtues is noted on page 178 of "What Nietzsche Really Said" by Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen M. Higgins.They are temperance liberality magnificence justice truthfulness wittiness friendliness and honorthe latter being "all-embracing"
Aristotle's emphasis on honor no doubt lies behind honor's survival as a "value" But honor and these other characteristic are not values They have no essential worthThey are possible virtues and nothing more
Indeed honor is what Shakespeare correctly observed via Falstaff died on Wednesday.a mere scutcheon
The future of the world lies in the embrace of conscious willed valueschosen because they help us to survive
Aristotle has no workable value systemYet his thought rules It has not worked to keep us from the results of idolatry intolerance greed and autocracy
Aristotle's wisdom is not as wise as that of Jesus whose basic value is no other GodsOne can will and practice non-idolatry and many do unconsciously simply by a habit of skepticism and open-mindedness
The ontological values one can discover within and infer from Jesus and other teachers of willed values are tolerance democracy helpfulness and non-idolatry

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Aristotle bases his ethics on character and virtue rather than will

Aristotle set the stage for ethics discussion But Aristotle bases his ethics on character and virtue rather than will Now Western thought has a "value system" based not on will but on honor Aristotle's overarching virtue
Values and will are one Values create history and culture Values transcend character Values transcend virtue Values are the desires of the heart Jesus understands all of this Aristotle appears not to
Only the will is capable of desire Values are desires They are not characteristics They are motivations. Their power is realized as they become conscious and operative
All of us operate on values that represent what we most honor what we give the most credence towhat moves us.
Search the terms value and virtue in the text of Aristotle's "Ethics" You will find virtue and character For Aristotle value is merely a word denoting relative advantage in relationships

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Wikipedia is Wickedpedia when it comes to besmirching reputations

I place few in the pantheon of those worthy of highest respect people I would not say I know and am friends with for fear of posing or trying to impressOne such person sought my assistance in correcting a Wikepedia bioShe had tried many times to do a factual editEach time she was rebuffed and unacceptable copy was returned Worse was the material in a section of criticismIt was bilious and erroneousShe provided me with a replacement for the initial infoand I successfully entered itBut when I tried repeatedly to amend the critical part with a balancing statementthe result was a standoffand now Wikipedia has told me my efforts are not welcomeThey say I am biasedIf I were biased I would have zapped the entire criticismWhatever process Wikipedia uses to createfinal entriesis deeply flawed whensuch incidents becomestandardWikipedia is Wickedpediawhen it comes to besmirching the reputations ofpeople who deserve betterIt will get no support from meAnd I devoutly hope no one will undertake tomemorialize me there

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A new vision of how to change the economy

A new vision of how to change the economy is a combination of the following elementsbeyond sprawlredensifyingcar-freevibrant local economiescyber-communitycyber-cityintegration of work residence and everything elseSimply follow topics via searchOr the labels below

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That is the best advice the GOP could get.

The GOP is stuck because it's schizo. 2012 will be its recompense.

Here is some Peirce Logic:

Excitation

We have more money, an endless spigot. We can attack like mad.

Brute Fact

The GOP has, since Obama's election, has behaved miserably and thrown any claim to serious conservative principles out the window. It is at best schizoid and media should report it as such.

Third

GOP should seek some light under the tunnel that it's built. Experiment with being more centrist for a change. Less hateful. If money becomes the the issue the GOP will lose.

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That is the best advice the GOP could get.

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"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," Warren Buffett told CNBC.

From an email that will be viral with good reason
Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling:
"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified!  Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971 - before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year or less to become the law of the land - all because of public pressure.  Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise. In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message.  This is one idea that really should be passed around. Congressional Reform Act of 2012
1. No Tenure / No Pension. 2. A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office. 3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. 4. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose. 5. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan,  just as all Americans do. 6. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. 7. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people. 8. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people. 9. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective 12/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women. Congress made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.  If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message. Don't you think it's time?

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!

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Five-point Hammer-the-GOP Plan to Soften Things Up This Summer

UPDATED June 20, 2012
Having established the fact that Romneydoesn't get itPresident Obama can now pivot to present and future
The public already blames Bush for deficit and recession  The public knows a fair tax system is necessary The public knows Romney is an empty suit
Cut to the Present and Future
Hammer the Congress for stalling things the American people want and need
Hammer the GOP for current behavior people don't appreciate
Hammer Romney for positions people don't likedistortions that reveal odd character traitsfor outright lies
Hammer Koch and Companyfor trying to buy the electionand to suppress the vote
Hammer Jobs HypoctisyBoehner for inactionMcConnell for nihilismTea Party GOP Congress
FINALLY
Propose the Grand BargainMake fair taxation central
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The past can be inferredThe present can be shownThe need can be deduced

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