One of the “Big” questions in life asks whether human individuals are the way they are due to nature, that is the chemistry of ourselves, or nurture, that is how we are raised? There’s no question that both have a
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Racism
The Most Vital & Challenging Issue
In 1938, Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith (1921–1957) wrote a series of letters to the American Bahá’í community later published under the title of The Advent of Divine Justice.
In these letters, Shoghi Effendi presented his thoughts
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Justice
Defining Justice
Justice
As a beginning into the subject of Justice and Fairness, I’ve decided to use a quote, and it’s commentary, from my book, Ponder: Musings on the Art of Bahá’í Meditation. In brief there are four types of Justice that are
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Racism
Native American Genocide
Genocide: “the deliberate extermination of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic, racial, political, national or cultural group.”
In the minds of many the word genocide may only be applied in cases where the genocidal intent
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Justice
Justice in a multicultural society
One of the greatest problems faced by every human society is the administration of justice. In fact, one of the great difficulties of applying justice is that we don’t even have a common understanding of what is just.
Justice is
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Racism
Race, Racism & Race Unity
The idea of Race is one very familiar to everyone today in the early 21st century, but it wasn’t always the case. In fact, the idea of race is relatively new.
Jeremy Helligar, writing in July 2020 for Reader’s Digest
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