I remember a teacher who...
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I remember a teacher who summarized the importance of keeping his life on the straight and narrow. At one point a young female student made inappropriate advances toward him. He knew very well what he should do. Without a moment's hesitation he addressed the issue and resolved the tension. The young woman knew exactly where she stood and what the teacher's moral standards were. When asked at a later time why he acted as he did, he didn't speak in confusing theological terms, nor did he employ complex moral arguments. He simply said, "I want to keep my life as uncluttered and uncomplicated as I can. I don't want to become a slave to a mistake."
An appropriate moral life is not particularly difficult to imagine. Nor is a moral life all that difficult to describe. A moral life may be as simple as, "I don't want to become a slave to a mistake."
An appropriate moral life is not particularly difficult to imagine. Nor is a moral life all that difficult to describe. A moral life may be as simple as, "I don't want to become a slave to a mistake."
