Cultural Decline Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/cultural-decline/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Sat, 09 Mar 2024 15:21:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png Cultural Decline Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/cultural-decline/ 32 32 Revisiting the Idea of Truth https://mind-at-work.com/revisiting-the-idea-of-truth/ Sat, 09 Mar 2024 15:21:31 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5768 "Truth" has always been one of the most important words in the dictionary. Unfortunately, it is greatly misunderstood today, and the world has been harmed as a result. The best way to begin a discussion of it is to clarify its meaning. Cambridge dictionary defines truth as "the real facts about a situation, event, or [...]

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]]> Restoring Catholic Wisdom, Part 3 https://mind-at-work.com/restoring-catholic-wisdom-part-3/ Sat, 03 Jun 2023 19:39:27 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5339 Part 1 of this essay argued that the Catholic Church desperately needs to renew its historic teachings, and the Bishops and Cardinals need to lead the effort with the help of informed laypeople. Part 2 explained why the teachings must be presented both from the pulpit and in the marketplaces of ideas, and not just [...]

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]]> The Whatever School of Morality, Part 2 https://mind-at-work.com/the-whatever-school-of-morality-part-2/ Sat, 17 Sep 2022 18:39:54 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5027 Part 1 of this essay explained that WhateverMorality is the belief that good and evil, right and wrong, are whatever we wish them to be. Also, that though people who have this view believe it makes them more tolerant, it actually has the opposite effect. It invites people to hurl insights at those who disagree [...]

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