Seeking Wisdom: 7 Dangers Of Human Virtue

The dangers of human virtue include politics without principles, worship without sacrifice, science without humanity, & wealth without work.

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Whether you think of yourself as a content delivery mechanism, a lifelong learner, a cognitive coach, or “just a teacher,” sometimes it’s helpful to see the bigger–and often more abstract–picture.

Somehow I’d never seen these 7 dangers to human virtue–also known as 7 dangers blunders of the world.

I’m not going to defile this concept with some patronizing preface that adds nothing to the thinking, so I’ll just stop while I’m ahead.

Seeking Wisdom: 7 Dangers Of Human Virtue by Mahatma Gandhi

1. Wealth without work

2. Pleasure without conscience

3. Knowledge without character

4. Commerce without morality

5. Science without humanity

6. Worship without sacrifice

7. Politics without principle

Terry Heick, Founder and Director of TeachThought

Terry Heick

Founder & Director, TeachThought | B.A., English; M.Ed.

Terry Heick is Director of TeachThought, and the creator of the TeachThought Taxonomy, a framework for thinking, teaching, and assessment. An advocate for critical thinking, his work also explores Artificial Intelligence and how it can be used to create human-centered learning experiences.

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