5 essays where Vaclav Havel sits on the council. Vaclav weighs in on conscience, complicity, authenticity. Read what Vaclav would tell you.
Orwell says name it plainly. Arendt says thoughtlessness is how ordinary people participate in terrible things. Havel says you are already living the lie or refusing it.
Three thinkers on authenticity. Havel calls it living within the lie. Hurston says name the audience. Douglass asks which parts of this life you actually chose.
Three thinkers on helping those who resist. Rogers says accept the person, not the behavior. Havel says enabling is dishonesty. Weil says attention sees what is actually needed.
Three thinkers disagree about principled compromise. Clausewitz says friction is real. Aristotle says rules exist to serve something deeper. Havel says complicity compounds.
Three thinkers disagree about blind loyalty. Machiavelli asks what the situation requires. Havel asks what you refuse to say. Wollstonecraft asks who benefits.
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