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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi Jeff,<BR>
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Thanks for alerting us to this website. I've written a lot about virtue and character formation. My major work on the topic is "The Virtue of Non-Violence: from Gautama to Gandhi," chapters of which can be read at www.class.uidaho.edu/ngier/vnv.htm<BR>
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One virtue is missing from the long list at the website and that is the widely misunderstood virtue of pride. My column on the topic can be read at www.class.uidaho.edu/ngier/Pride.htm<BR>
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We will be better persons and a better nation if we learn to stress the virtues rather than blind following of rules.<BR>
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Thanks again for the link.<BR>
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Nick<BR>
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Nicholas F. Gier, Professor Emeritus<BR>
Department of Philosophy, University of Idaho<BR>
"The Palouse Pundit" on Radio Free Moscow, 92.5 FM<BR>
President, Idaho Federation of Teachers, AFT/AFL-CIO www.idaho-aft.org/ift.htm<BR>
208-882-9212, 1037 Colt Rd., Moscow, ID 83843<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com on behalf of Jeff Harkins<BR>
Sent: Thu 12/16/2010 9:20 AM<BR>
To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>
Subject: [Vision2020] Installment #2 - Character<BR>
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Character is strength and originality in a person's nature.<BR>
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If you have a thought, comment or contribution to the "Values" project,<BR>
consider posting it here: -<A HREF="http://www.values.com/character">http://www.values.com/character</A><BR>
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Oh, the sequencing of the "values" is by my own "random selection<BR>
process". No hidden agenda.<BR>
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