Stuffing

Difference between the head and the heart

Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable. ~ G. K. Chesterton

This quote makes me think about the difference between what we know in our head, what we reasonably agree to in thought and what we practically do.
We can know in our head that say lying is wrong. But when there's a tight situation and a lie will make it better, make it easier on us and it won't really hurt anyone then maybe the lie will come out.
That is on a small scale. On a larger scale, this encompasses social injustice in our communities. What injustices do we as a society excuse?

posted by Aphra @ 12/28/2009 09:39:00 PM