Power and Responsibility

Courage is not merely acting for personal advantage but acting when principle is at stake and one can make a difference. Success has questionable moral use if it cannot support obvious principles under pressure. Power creates moral respons…

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Courage is not merely acting for personal advantage but acting when principle is at stake and one can make a difference. Success has questionable moral use if it cannot support obvious principles under pressure. Power creates moral responsibility because powerful people have options that others lack. Wealth, influence, and institutional protection create a test of whether power will be used to defend something meaningful.