Blog posts in social living

Forgiveness

Posted October 26, 2009

What is forgiveness? A question I began to think about thanks to the discussion at bible study a few weeks ago. However, I am not thinking about forgiveness in a Christian context - especially considering I have strong agnostic tendencies. With that said, I do think what I am writing is applicable i…

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An object of worthiness

Posted September 14, 2009

A few interesting ideas from ‘The Theory of Moral Sentiments’ by Adam Smith.

In the first quote (below) Adam Smith is speaking about two desires he observes to be inherent to humankind by nature. Please forgive that lack of politically correctness in the quotations; I decided for the sake of cl…

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Needs and Wants

Posted September 10, 2009

Population is the biggest factor in causing community and economic growth. Simply put, more people require more space and resources. People do like to have children and this cycle will most likely never end until the Earth simply cannot hold any more people. However, it is important to notice other…

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