Actress Jodie Foster once said she holds an “outdated” philosophy: if you are moral and have the right ethics, somewhere down the…
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Analogy
traditional integrity wisdom
Ethics that only work in public are not yet ethics. The real test is the decision made when there is no audience, no credit, and no immediate consequence. Character is what remains when the performance ends.
How you’d preach it
Classic test of character: what we do when no one is watching and nothing is at stake publicly.