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Aaron Beck

3 essays where Aaron Beck sits on the council. Aaron weighs in on family, fairness, grief. Read what Aaron would tell you.

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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

Loss

When Is It Okay to Stop Grieving?

Three thinkers on grief and its end. Beck asks what the thoughts are actually saying. Boethius says you never owned what you lost. Lorde says grief is also fuel.

Aaron BeckBoethiusAudre Lordegriefhealing

Loss

Is It Selfish to Be Happy After Loss?

Three thinkers on guilt after grief. Vonnegut says enjoy the moment. Al-Ghazali says gratitude is worship. Beck says guilt is a thinking error, not a feeling.

Kurt VonnegutAl-GhazaliAaron Beckgriefguilt

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Al-Ghazali Andrew Carnegie Aristotle Audre Lorde Boethius Kurt Vonnegut fairness family grief guilt healing

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