Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor.
Derrick A. BellStichwörter: power oppression corruption social-justice reformers
We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained.
Derrick A. BellStichwörter: success equality injustice ethics democracy meritocracy social-justice prosperity systematic-oppression
Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means putting at risk your immediate self-interest for what you believe is right.
Derrick A. BellStichwörter: fear courage self-interest
However self-sufficient we may fancy ourselves, we exist only in relation -- to our friend, family, and life partners; to those we teach and mentor; to our co-workers, neighbors, strangers; and even to forces we cannot fully conceive of, let alone define. In many ways, we are our relationships.
Derrick A. BellStichwörter: relationships self self-sufficency
Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.
Derrick A. BellStichwörter: goals success motivation achievements resistance obstacles
Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.
Derrick A. BellStichwörter: education empathy justice enlightenment reform
A rule without exceptions is an instrument capable of doing mischief to the innocent and bringing grief -- as well as injustice -- to those who should gain exemptions from the rule's functioning.
Derrick A. BellStichwörter: innocence injustice justice rules grief function exceptions
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