Are People The Best Judges Of Their

Empathy And Fellow Feeling Form The Very Basis Of Morality. The Capacities For Empathy, For Feeling Responsibility Toward Others And For Reaching Out To Help Them Can Be Stunted Or Undermined Early On, Depending On A Child's Experiences In The Home And Neighborhood. It Becomes Too Easy To Turn Our Backs On Fellow Human Beings... To Have 'compassion Fatigue.' Technology, We Are Learning, Is Not Neutral.

Whatever Matters To Human Beings, Trust Is The Atmosphere In Which It Thrives.

Liars Share With Those They Deceive The Desire Not To Be Deceived.

While All Deception Requires Secrecy, All Secrecy Is Not Meant To Deceive.

Are People The Best Judges Of Their Own Happiness, Or Outsiders? In Defining Happiness, Should We Think Of Entire Lives Or Of Shorter Periods Such As Moments, Days, Or Years? And To What Extent Are Virtue And Happiness Linked?