Topic

family

2 essays on family from the Consilium journal. Featuring Andrew Carnegie, Aristotle, Aaron Beck. Each pits three thinkers against one hard question.


Ethics

Should Parents Pay for Their Child's Wedding?

Three thinkers on paying for a child's wedding. Carnegie asks what the money builds. Aristotle splits equal treatment from equal outcome. Beck names the wound.

Andrew CarnegieAristotleAaron Beckfamilyfairness

Ethics

Should You Cut Off a Toxic Family Member?

Three thinkers on cutting off family. Winnicott says the wound is old. Hurston says walk away whole. Girard says the pattern will follow you if you do not see it.

D.W. WinnicottZora Neale HurstonRene GirardFamilySelf-Preservation

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Aaron Beck Andrew Carnegie Aristotle D.W. Winnicott Rene Girard Zora Neale Hurston Self-Preservation fairness

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