Twelve Causes of Dishonesty
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Financial collapse supplies the starting point for Henry Ward Beecher's argument about honesty. He describes failed firms, idle workers, broken confidence and public debts before tracing the habits that make unfair dealing seem acceptable. This short moral essay draws on biblical teaching and directs its warnings especially toward young men learning how to behave in business and public life.
Beecher connects dishonest conduct with family examples, workplace training, political loyalties and the approval of respected citizens. A boy praised for clever bargains, or laughed at for telling the truth, becomes part of his account of how character takes shape. His forceful language treats private choices and public standards as closely linked. Readers interested in Christian ethics or the moral language of commerce will find a pointed discussion of the gap between conduct permitted by law and conduct judged fair.
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- Author
- Henry Ward Beecher
- Pages
- 19
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Christianity
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