Personal histories can reveal deep moral dilemmas and journeys.
Evidence
The sturdy intelligence so clearly at work in these diaries provokes a reader to admiration—and plunges him into lingering mystery. … It is a genuine conundrum. Speer finally illustrates not evil’s banality, but its centrality, its endless presence in people, its ability to fly like bacteria into the blood cells of the high-minded, breaking down their moral immunities and laying waste to their goodness. — Thomas Mallon, A Book of Ones Own People and Their…, 750
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Thomas Mallon, A Book of Ones Own People and Their…, 750
- XREF: connects to: Living morally reveals deeper truths about life and existence. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 155; Choices between truth and ease shape life pathways. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 633; Journey stories offer a map for understanding our own lives as meaningful journeys — , A Year of World Stories, 15291 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Choices between truth and ease shape life pathways.
#expands(0.75) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 633 - Moral trust requires temporally stable social contexts to operate
#expands(0.72) - The past informs the individual but can be re-captured through successive choices.
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