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Confucius

6 essays where Confucius sits on the council. Confucius weighs in on self-determination, duty, purpose. Read what Confucius would tell you.

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Ethics

When Is It Right to Choose Yourself Over Your Family?

De Beauvoir says the role was never the whole of you. Confucius says duties have real limits. hooks says love does not require your erasure. Three thinkers on the hardest version.

Simone de BeauvoirConfuciusbell hooksself-determinationduty

Loss

How Do You Keep Going When the Thing That Gave You Purpose Is Gone?

Three thinkers on lost purpose. Baldwin says face what happened fully. Russell says expand what you care about. Confucius says begin a practice before you feel ready.

James BaldwinBertrand RussellConfuciusPurposeResilienceMeaning

Ethics

Is It Okay to Prioritize Your Mental Health Over Your Responsibilities?

Three thinkers on mental health versus duty. Wollstonecraft says a hollowed self serves no one. Confucius says duty abandonment abandons who you are. Camus says you choose anyway.

Mary WollstonecraftConfuciusAlbert Camusself-careduty

Relationships

What Do You Do When You Love Someone You Can No Longer Respect?

Three thinkers on loving without respect. Confucius says duty binds. Murdoch asks what you're actually seeing. Dostoevsky asks what you need them to be.

ConfuciusIris MurdochFyodor Dostoevskyloverespect

Ethics

What Do You Owe Someone Who Wronged You but Needs Your Help?

Three thinkers disagree about obligation after being wronged. Confucius says relationships have duties. Dostoevsky says suffering creates its own claim. Lorde says your survival matters too.

ConfuciusDostoevskyAudre LordeObligationForgiveness

Ethics

Should I Tell the Truth If It Will Hurt Someone?

Three thinkers disagree about honesty and harm. Hannah Arendt defends the truth. Confucius defends the bond. Nietzsche asks what your honesty is really serving.

Hannah ArendtConfuciusFriedrich NietzscheHonestyIntegrityCourage

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Albert Camus Audre Lorde Bertrand Russell Dostoevsky Friedrich Nietzsche Fyodor Dostoevsky Hannah Arendt Iris Murdoch James Baldwin Mary Wollstonecraft Simone de Beauvoir bell hooks Courage Forgiveness Honesty Integrity Meaning Obligation Purpose Resilience duty love respect self-care self-determination

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