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MAN AND EQUALITY

When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the American Declaration of Independence that 'all man are created equal',he was not seeking to describe man's endowments,but their political and legal rights. He was not saying that man do not differ from one another in the powers and dimensions of their bodies,minds and characters. He was asserting that,despite variations and differences,they all possessed the right to equal political and legal treatment. We must,however,ask of what real value are political and legal equality to a man who has no bread to eat,no clothes to wear,no roof to shelter him,no chance to earn a livelihood? What we understand as a democratic society must providd for its citizen's minimum status as a member of that society,that keeps him from becoming a beggar,outcast or outlaw and that offers him some protection in his deprivation,losses and fears. In our time,the nations of the democratic world have installed elaborate systems of social security and welfare,ran...

THE TRUTH ABOUT LIFE

Though assumption is the lowest level of knowledge ; it  is stil a form of knowledge,and knowledge is key. Assumptions are the foundation upon which interpretations and conclusions are built. Everything in life operates  in under certain assumptions. We make management decisions based on the assumptions we hold about how management ought to  function and how people ought to be governed. For some of us ,we consciously imbibe assumptions  and principle about life and consciously decide based on them;for others,it is unconsciously but potent all the same. Our assumptions will either drown us or help us soar through life.   We have always seen life as an immense mansion with many rooms. Some roots lead to wealth others to the opposite. Ultimately ,we decide where we end up; and life,thus far,has proved that not everyone of us decides well. We all behave differently where we have different levels of understanding,and behave the same way where our understa...