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The Six Pillars of Character
Every year, Congress recognizes National Character Counts Week, calling Americans to embrace six pillars of character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
In this reflection, Stephen Bauman considers the striking gap between the values our leaders publicly champion and the behavior we often witness in public life. What happens when the people calling for character fail to embody it themselves? And what responsibility do the rest of us have?
As another election approaches, Stephen invites us to take those six pillars seriously—not merely as ideals to…
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