Archive for 'ethics' tag

How Guilt and Your Conscience Work

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

We’ve all experienced guilt. We do something we are ashamed of, and we feel guilty. But what brings about this shame? How does this emotion work?
I was raised in a devout Christian home, and grew up hearing about “godly sorrow”, sin, shame, and remorse, all from the perspective of Christianity. I [...]

Decision Making

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Making a decision, and sticking with it, can be one of the most difficult things to do in life. Oftentimes people just can’t decide what to do with themselves, and don’t understand why others seem to have no trouble. This really is a huge subject, so I decided to write about it in [...]