Machiavelli, Egoism, Good Government

Let's say that there's an election coming up for some sort of executive position.  It could be Student Body President, it could be Head of School, it could be Mayor of Houston, it could be President of the United States.  There are two candidates:

Candidate A)  An exceedingly well-educated person of the utmost integrity, who graduated law school with highest honors, who has one Ph.D. in Christian Ethics and another in Economics, who is completely honest and straightforward, who is open and clear about goals and ideas -- in sum, a perfectly virtuous person.

Candidate B) A modern-day Machiavellian Prince, who's memorized Robert Greene's 48 Laws of Power and puts them into practice at every opportunity.
    <http://www2.tech.purdue.edu/cg/courses/cgt411/covey/48_laws_of_power.htm>

Who would be the more effective leader?  
Who would be the better leader?  
Who would you vote for?  Why?  
Who would you rather be friends with?  Why?
Who would you rather work for after college?  Why?

Feel free to be creative in your answers!  Also, please be sure to spell-check and proof-read your comments (as you should all your submitted work), or your grade will surely suffer.


This post is due by Friday 8AM.


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Dan Binder
Religion Instructor
Episcopal High School
dbinder@ehshouston.org
aim: MisterBinder
(713) 512 3414

Abraham and Isaac

Students -

For this blog post, please take a moment and find an image or a video clip of Abraham and Isaac that you think helps illustrate what Kierkegaard writes about faith.  Post the image (or a link to it), and write a brief paragraph addressing the following questions:

Why does this image capture Kierkegaard’s ideas?  
What do you make of Abraham, given what Kierkegaard writes?  
Has your view of him changed?
Has your view of faith changed?

This post must be completed by 8AM on Monday morning.