Lately, for reasons that simply boggle the mind, there has been a lot of talk about kings and emperors and authoritarians of all character and class (or lack thereof). The world seems to be falling back into its old “comfortable” ways of abdication of responsibility to a strong “Dear Leader” to pledge one’s fealty and blindly follow without question, and thus without thought. We are experiencing events not seen in nearly 100 years, and many see harsh and staggering parallels…
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There is a hashtag in social media that describes a recent, though hardly novel concept: #WOKE. In this current context, being “woke” is a description of a politically charged state of consciousness, above and…
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By Brian Scott Archibald Originally Published June 30, 2015 Service, in its deepest sense, is an act of love. By serving others, I am sharing myself. I am giving something very personal to those…
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Being of service is empowering to each and every one of us. The more we are of service; the better we become at being of service; the better we feel about ourselves; the better…
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We did not ask to be here. Our existence is a brute fact, over which we had no control and about which no deciding voice. We were literally dragged kicking and screaming into this…
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ethics morality serviceWhy We Fight: Finding the Core of Our Humanity to Avoid Cultural Conflict and Embrace Our Call to Service
Our world is full of competing and conflicting ideas about what to believe and how to behave. We argue about what is right and what is wrong, about what is best for ourselves and…
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ethics morality serviceThrough mutual service, we can build a better society, grow a sustainable and thriving economy, and develop and nurture happier, more fulfilled people.
Morality, as it turns out, is an effective survival strategy, not simply the right thing to do. Morality is, at its core, essentially practical. While also being a spiritually fulfilling aspect of human life,…
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ethics morality serviceMoral Action in an Inequitable Economy: How Service Can Resolve Our Socioeconomic Inequality Crisis
“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves…. It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even…
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The only truly moral life is a life of service. The Rule of Service is a binding moral contract we all share that has but one dogmatic assertion—one self-evident truth we cannot defy, dismiss, devalue, demean,…
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The Rule of Service The often diametrically opposed provinces of moral action and economic endeavor in our normal, day-to-day lives are nevertheless entwined in countless ways: the most important of which, their relation to…