Tuesday, January 26, 2010

The best way to feel good is to be good."

That's one of the lapidary remarks that Peter Lawler makes in his online reflection entitled "The One True Science of Virtue."

Another is: "We, in our pride, don’t want the zoned-out contentment we imagine cows have. We want to remain alienated enough to appreciate Johnny Cash, without going through the hell of being Johnny Cash."

Lawler's piece is here.

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