Veritas et Virtus

Daniel Gibson

The Official Blog of Columbus Classical Academy

We’ve been considering opinions this week – what it means to have one, how we should think about our own opinions, and so forth. “But,” you may ask, “why does any of this matter?  What difference does it make if...

Young CS Lewis made the mistake of forming an opinion without any actual thought or knowledge behind it.  Bu he’s not alone.   We all have a tendency to form opinions prematurely based on little more than our feelings or...

Welcome back. Whether you traveled, or stayed home, I hope you all had a restful and restorative break. Last week, our family spent time in a small town in Florida, called Rosemary Beach. It is in some ways a quaint...

When’s the last time you washed someone’s feet for them?  Weird question, right?  And kind of gross… To be fair, we don’t live in a culture or time where that kind of thing happens.  We have running water and wash...

For Christians around the world, this week is Holy Week, which began yesterday with Palm Sunday and will conclude this coming Sunday with Easter, which is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus on the third day after his death...

Yesterday I asked whether you’d report the source of the money or save the orphanage.  I tend to think I’d report it—but choosing between telling the truth versus staying silent is a choice you will probably face many times in...

On Tuesday, I asked whether you’d turn your father in for stealing the sheep.  Well, I think we all know what the Gibson girls would do!  No, but in truth, I’m not certain, but I doubt that I would turn...

Well, what did you think about the trolley problem?  I wonder if you would have pulled the lever and changed the course of the train or let it continue on its track.  Like I said, there’s no easy answer…that is...

This week, we’re going to consider a few classic moral dilemmas. What’s a moral dilemma?  Well, according to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, it is a circumstance in which a person appears morally obligated to do each of two (or more)...

Alright.  You made it—well almost.  Spring officially starts at 10:46am today.  So, give it a few more hours.  But let’s be honest: None of us would be surprised if we got a blizzard next week, right?  Or if the forecast...