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Exploring the Link Between Self-Control and a Nation’s Prosperity

Exploring the Link Between Self-Control and a Nation’s Prosperity
Detail of “The School of Athens” by Raphael. In the centre are Plato and Aristotle in discussion. Public Domain
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Commentary

With the modern shift toward defining morality as fluid, subjective, and personal, we have sacrificed important guideposts for understanding the ethics that make a society successful. These ethics and morals have been distilled through the generations and should not be cast aside lightly.