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“Every one does evil acts through ignorance.” (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics) How should we be good? Is a question of discernment, The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything reminds us, in true discernment; “All mature choices are between goods.” (Martin,cite this pg 311) the good is different for each of us and figuring out what it means personally, is an act of discernment in itself. Once we choose the our own path to the good the difficulty lies in exactly how to go about the good that we choose. We should be good academically. Man is an ignorant collection of animals The acceptance of this is the first step in discerning how to be good. To reach his full potential man must rage against ignorance with education. The question of How should we begoo is question of how does man learn? And what should he do with his knowledge? To understand how man learns, we must understand what man is. Homo sapien is an animal; class: mammalia, order: primate . Desmond Morris asserts, in The Naked Ape “in becoming so erudite, Homo sapiens has remained a naked ape nevertheless; in acquiring lofty new motives, he has lost none of the earthy old ones.” (morris, pg …show more content…

Most of the modern horrors of man are instances of intense group solidarity “Satan's kingdom is based upon the exclusive and selfish solidarity of groups, whereas God's kingdom is based upon the all inclusive solidarity of the human race” (Albert Nolan, The “Kingdom” and Solidarity in Jesus Before Christianity, (New York: Orbis Books, 2001) 74-75.) Christian theology classifies primal instances of group pruning (like the holocaust) as Satan’s Kingdom. Aristotle attest that, in living in our age, the ability to thrive in community is essential if man is to reach his potential .”For man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all” (aristotle,

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