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JoeAmThe Moral Landscape: Part 2 – The Three Sieves of Ethics
By Edgar Lores Introduction In Part 1, I presented my first thesis on the paradigm of “The Three Primary Virtues” or “The Loyalty Triangle.” I said the Three Primary Virtues are loyalty, honor, and duty. I said these virtues, in conjunction with the Hierarchy of Loyalties, underpin the structure of our lives. And I said … Continue reading
The Moral Landscape: Part 1 – The Three Primary Virtues
By Edgar Lores Introduction The moral landscape is a wasteland. Whether in the cities or in the country, there are no green trees of rectitude, no flowering plants of virtues, no unbroken fences of decency. Once there was a pale fence that demarcated the line between what is right and what is wrong. But that … Continue reading
Senator Trillanes: “We will fight evil as it comes”
Ni Wilfredo G. Villanueva (Second of Two Installments) “We will fight evil as it comes,” sabi ni Senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV sa aming conversation. Ginamit niya ang pronoun na “we” in reference to Magdalo, from whence he comes. “Isa itong collegial body,” sabi niya, “so, ang decision ng buong body ang sinusunod naming lahat.” … Continue reading
The good life
By Joe America I suppose many of us are spoiled from living the good life. I know I am. I was raised in the U.S. during the latter part of the 1900’s when wars were relegated to the cold type, or localized. We could always go fight in a foreign land and return to our … Continue reading
“The Philippines is driving me insane!”
By Joe America “The Philippines is driving me insane!” That is the view of many people living in the Philippines who are schooled in the niceties of civility, human kindness, law, and order. But they have to deal with a President who is way outside the civil box. The three things that are most crazy-making … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 