“You see my point? The average person has a very average notion of goodness to which they aspire averagely. To aspire to goodness in any remarkable way would be ‘undemocratic’.” ReligionChristianityGoodnessDemocraticAverageChristian FictionGrimrackUndemocratic Author:Geoffrey Wood
“For example, your man might think: I don’t steal. Maybe on my taxes, everyone does that, but not in the way I heard so and so stole from his company. See? Those men for whose opinion he cares approve of embezzlement in one area, not the other. He uses them to maintain a claim on goodness while at the same time stealing.” ReligionChristianityGoodnessChristian FictionGrimrackSteal Author:Geoffrey Wood
“If they ever envision Goodness as a thing that exists outside them, some real thing they’ve been called to participate in by their actions, well then, we’re headed right back toward The Virtues.” ReligionChristianityVirtueGoodnessChristian FictionGrimrack Author:Geoffrey Wood
“And keep them thinking in terms of 'being good' as this is not an end so much as a means to something else —happiness, respect, self-esteem, etc… And whatever their true end is, take it away, and so goes their goodness.” HappinessReligionChristianitySelf EsteemGoodnessGoodChristian FictionGrimrack Author:Geoffrey Wood
