Category Archives: philosophy

Sticks & Stones

I love to listen to The Message version of The Holy Bible app first thing in the morning. I know my Mom would not approve because to her the only true Word of God was the King James, but even though I have read the Bible several times through I still gain so many newContinue reading “Sticks & Stones”

Thoughts on the Tuskegee and Holocaust Experiments, Experimental Vaccines and the First Amendment

Do you recall the Tuskegee Syphillis Experiment/“Study”? It was a project that spanned 1932-72 wherein a group of poor black men with syphillis were observed and told they were being treated for “bad blood”. No informed consent was obtained and they were not provided with the treatment of the day which toward the end ofContinue reading “Thoughts on the Tuskegee and Holocaust Experiments, Experimental Vaccines and the First Amendment”

Kindness

When did kindness come to be considered as the overarching value for society to achieve? We see it everywhere now, on bumper stickers and t-shirts, billboards, inspirational plaques and posters. Has anyone considered what elevating this value, taken to its logical extreme, would look like? I am not advocating any value replace it because IContinue reading “Kindness”