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Character 9: Let’s Talk About Ethics and Sex

8. Compare the impact of the socially unacceptable sexual practices of Bayard Rustin and George Eliot. Where does Brooks draw a line and judge their behavior? What values and standards is he using to make his conclusions? I know I’ve been religious, and stodgy, and old-fashioned for a solid seven questions here. I’ve been aContinueContinue reading “Character 9: Let’s Talk About Ethics and Sex”

Character 7: A Morally Inarticulate Society

6. Brooks states that the Victorians were inarticulate about sex and we are inarticulate about morality – that we have lost our moral vocabularly. What are the consequences of being morally inarticulate? Let me pause for a moment to introduce you to my friend Dragon, who figures rather prominently in this Road to Character series,ContinueContinue reading “Character 7: A Morally Inarticulate Society”