Sandy Krolick

On Being and Being Good Sandy Krolick

Despite the surplus of directives commanding either our allegiance or compliance, a fundamental question cries out for an answer: what do we mean when we recognize someone as a 'good' or 'moral' person? Regardless of those prescriptions issuing from diverse historical traditions, is there a universally applicable and identifiable kernel - not just within communities of the faithful, but relative to our common humanity - that may be recognized as anchoring ethical behavior? Or are all such directives merely relative to specific revelations or the vicissitudes of historical circumstance, and imposed upon the unwashed masses as a civic requirement? How do we approach this question of an ethical footing valid everywhere and always?