<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>This seems wrong. To act in accordance with what is right or wrong is to be moral or ethical. But being moral or ethical is not equivalent to having integrity. Here is a revealing paragraph from another on-line source, <i>The Encyclopedia of Philosophy <<a href="http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/integrity/">http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/integrity/</a>></i>.<br>
<br>"Integrity is one of the most important and oft-cited of virtue
terms. It is also perhaps the most puzzling. For example, while it is
sometimes used virtually synonymously with ‘moral,’ we
also at times distinguish acting morally from acting with
integrity. Persons of integrity may in fact act
immorally—though they would usually not know they are acting
immorally. Thus one may acknowledge a person to have integrity even
though that person may hold importantly mistaken moral views. When used as a virtue term, ‘integrity’ refers to a
quality of a person's character; however, there are other uses of the
term. <br><br>"One may speak of the integrity of a wilderness region or an
ecosystem, a computerized database, a defense system, a work of art,
and so on. When it is applied to objects, integrity refers to the
wholeness, intactness or purity of a thing—meanings that are
sometimes carried over when it is applied to people. A wilderness
region has integrity when it has not been corrupted by development or
by the side-effects of development, when it remains intact as
wilderness. A database maintains its integrity as long as it remains
uncorrupted by error; a defense system as long as it is not
breached. A musical work might be said to have integrity when its
musical structure has a certain completeness that is not intruded upon
by uncoordinated, unrelated musical ideas; that is, when it possesses
a kind of musical wholeness, intactness and purity."<br><br><i>The Encyclopedia of Philosophy </i><<a href="http://plato.stanford.edu">http://plato.stanford.edu</a>> is a great source for philosophical information by the way.<br>
<br></div><div><br>On Dec 30, 2010, at 12:17 AM, Jeff Harkins <<a href="mailto:jeffh@moscow.com" target="_blank">jeffh@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
Please excuse the delay in Installment 16 - we had numerous power
outages here in the hinterland. I will do my best to respond to
mail tomorrow.
<h2 style="text-align: left; padding: 10px; line-height: 120%; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 2.9em;">Integrity:</h2>
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<h2 style="text-align: left; padding: 10px; line-height: 120%; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 2.9em;"> is to act according to what is right and
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This installment has a video associated with it - check it out!<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/78-Reach" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/78-Reach" target="_blank">http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/78-Reach</a></blockquote>
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An interesting quote on integrity<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><big><big><big>When
what we want to do and what we ought to do are two
different things, character is built in the choice we
make.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 12px;"><font color="#000000"><big><big><big>Bill
Bennett American Businessman And Author (born 1956);</big></big></big></font><br>
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