The Individual, Ethics, and the Social Order: Basics of Society

When ethics fails, justice rises out of necessity.
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Why People Often Reject the Truth

by Richard P. Weigand   One of the stranger things about truth is that it can be plainly stated, clearly...
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Truths for Teachers: Why Good Teachers Do Not Always Give the Answer First

  by Richard P. Weigand   There is a difference between helping someone learn and sparing him the work of...
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When Truth Comes Too Cheaply

by Richard P. Weigand   Some truths lose force when they are handed over too early. Not because they are...
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Cognitive Immunity Is Not Obsession

  by Richard P. Weigand There is a danger in studying deception too long. At first, the work feels necessary....
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The Discipline of Looking: How Ordinary People Recover Clear Sight

Clear sight does not begin with brilliance. It begins with the discipline to pause, define words, look at outcomes, ask...
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How Falsehood Borrows Compassion: When Kindness Becomes a Shield Against Truth

Compassion should serve a person’s real good. When it protects a lie, failed system, or favored story from examination, it...
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Why Does Something Feel Off?

When something feels off, that feeling is not proof. But it may be the first signal that the words, facts,...
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How Wrong Things Learn to Sound Reasonable

Wrong things rarely survive by calling themselves wrong. They need better names. The act remains, the word changes, and the...
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The Courage to Say What Is

When language hides reality, problems become harder to correct. Plain speech restores the honest naming that makes understanding and repair...
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