02657 – Everybody Needs Redemptive Assistance
Brooks, David

Individual will, reason, compassion, and character are not strong enough to consistently defeat selfishness, pride, greed, and self-deception. Everybody needs redemptive assistance from the outside–from family, friends, ancestors, rules, traditions, institutions, exemplars, and, for believers, God.

from The Road to Character

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