Charity
Is there any virtue as close to vice as Charity?
I guess it is also a reason why the bible admonishes us to do our good works in secret.
27 days ago
The question is:
Is there any charity more honest than vice??
Is there any charity more honest than vice??
27 days ago
Gotta say, Martiln, I think the Biblical guidance on secret charity is spot on.
It's said "no good deed goes unpunished" - but you have a lot better chance if you can keep your mouth shut.
It's said "no good deed goes unpunished" - but you have a lot better chance if you can keep your mouth shut.
25 days ago
I had to think a bit about Martis question, "is there a difference between institutionalized charity, and personal charity?"
What do you mean by 'institutionalized charity'? Save The Children, American Red Cross, Salvation Army, The United Fund ...
What do you mean by 'institutionalized charity'? Save The Children, American Red Cross, Salvation Army, The United Fund ...
25 days ago
Institutional charity is where an organization doles out the alms. Personal charity is you putting a pence in the old man's hat, or helping out at the food kitchen, or giving someone money to buy groceries this week. Or paying somone's tuition. That kind of thing.
24 days ago
That there are those who abuse others' charity does not diminish the need others may have for help.
Perhaps we should just jettison the word 'charity' and ask whether it is a vice to help those who need help. And if you think so, I don't think I want to live in your world.
Perhaps we should just jettison the word 'charity' and ask whether it is a vice to help those who need help. And if you think so, I don't think I want to live in your world.
24 days ago
Two historical points.
The analogue to charity in Aristotle's treatment of the virtues is generosity.
The original idea of charity in early Christian thought, I believe, was acts of selflessness.
BTW: in the King James translation of St Paul, the verse about "Faith, Hope, and Charity", the Greek word being translated as "Charity", here and elsewhere in Paul, is agape/i>
The analogue to charity in Aristotle's treatment of the virtues is generosity.
The original idea of charity in early Christian thought, I believe, was acts of selflessness.
BTW: in the King James translation of St Paul, the verse about "Faith, Hope, and Charity", the Greek word being translated as "Charity", here and elsewhere in Paul, is agape/i>
24 days ago
