What a blessed reminder that the most important thing I do, or will ever do, is be a father who loves his children. You know, I really like my work, but I just love being a dad. For KNX 1070, this is Michael Josephson reminding you that character counts. 1956 Nikita Khrushchev, the newly installed premier of the Soviet Union, startled an assembly of Communist Party officials by denouncing Stalin. The room was dead silent.
Courage is a complicated concept.
On its highest level it's a reflection of a deep sense of personal integrity that allows, even compels, someone to risk everything to advance a cause or defend a principle. We admire martyrs and the bravery of soldiers, police officers and firefighters who confront personal danger in the service of others. Yet as praiseworthy as these acts are, ethics rarely demands us to make such extreme sacrifices. The territory of virtue is the space between the floor of moral duty and the ceiling of heroic nobility. For example, if a terrorist throws a hand grenade into a crowded room and Joe throws his body on the grenade to save others, it's an act of praiseworthy valor.