 Four Freedoms
by Michael F Dickey
"Liberty and Freedom, you can make a distinction between them. Liberty perhaps being political rights, freedom; not being enslaved. The ancient Athenian had only one word "Eleuthera" …and to him it was the noblest and defining character of his nation. To be free." – J. Rufus Fears – “The History of Freedom” Lecture... (Read more...)
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 What is Love
by Michael F Dickey
Love, and emotion for that matter (in a healthy brain) is our response to our highest values. Love is the emotional price you pay for *valuing* something and seeing it expressed in another human being. All of our emotions are responses to the things we value most being expressed. When we value the health and well being... (Read more...)
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 The Abdication of Volition
by Michael F Dickey
On the Autodidactic list I am a member of I came across this article:
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Communism and Moral Ambiguity
by Michael F Dickey
It’s always good to be vigilantly skeptical of any kind of dichotomous us vs. them thinking. The vast majority of it is baseless and arbitrary. But just because right and wrong / good and evil / and us vs. them has been hijacked by every ethnicity, nationality, special interest group, and collectivist ideal, does not mean that the concepts of right and wrong and us vs. them are invalid. There are certain fundamentals of human standards by which every culture and individual action must be judged against, and that is the respect of life and individuality. Non judgment is the height of moral relativism and means anything goes, whether it is simply a disingenuous white lie or an attempted genocide (Read more...)
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 A Philosophical Review of Chicago the Musical
by Michael F Dickey
This weekend I saw a performance of the musical Chicago at the university my friend is attending. I had not yet seen this story on stage or in film, and was not overly familiar with it beyond having to do with some dancers and murder. The performance I saw was very enjoyable as far as productions by college students g... (Read more...)
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On American Inventor, from an Inventor
by Michael F Dickey
Being an inventor I feel I must comment on the show on ABC yesterday “American Inventor” This ‘reality’ show follows nearly the exact same formula as American Idol does, and was produced by the same team. I have mixed feelings on this show, I knew once I heard about it they would focus on the many stupid inventions al... (Read more...)
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30 Years after Fall of Saigon, 7.5 Million Murdered
by Michael F Dickey
April 30th marks 30 years since the fall of Saigon. Three decades in which the Vietnamese communist government and proxies killed 7.5 million people. With minor material support South Vietnam could have defended itself indefinitely, just as South Korea has for nearly 50 years. Activists and protestors have been as silent as the 7.5 million murdered by the Vietnamese Communist government and its proxies. (Read more...)
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