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== The consequences of lack of universal standards of right and wrong ==
== The consequences of lack of universal standards of right and wrong ==
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! style="font-size:120%; background:lightblue; text-align:center; padding:5px 0;" | Novelist on shifting the blame away from oneself
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| style="padding:15px;" |''«I don’t think that after about the age of 25 you can carry on blaming either your parents or your [[DNA]] for anything that you do.»''
<div style="padding-left:40px;">— Ken Follet: The Third Twin<ref name="Follet1996">{{cite book |title=The Third Twin |author=Ken Follett |publisher=Crown Publishers |place=New York |date=30 October, 2019 |pages= |isbn=978-0-517-70296-3 |url=https://ken-follett.com/bibliography/the_third_twin/ |quote=Ken’s view Steve, the hero of The Third Twin, is troubled when he finds he has an identical twin who is a murderer. He's led to examine himself and he worries that he is like his brother. He asks, “do my genes make me what I am? Or is it my upbringing and my environment?” He comes to the conclusion that, in the end, he himself is responsible for what he is. That isn’t really a philosophical answer, but it is a personal answer, and it is one that I believe in. I don’t think that after about the age of 25 you can carry on blaming either your parents or your DNA for anything that you do. My readers don’t buy my books to learn about philosophy, of course, but they like a story to have a thoughtful side.}}</ref></div>
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[[Stoic]] [[philosopher]]s such as [[Epictetus]] placed great emphasis on [[self-control]] – and, therefore, they rejected the idea that ''emotion'' may have any worth in deciding whether an ''action'' or ''goal'' is worthy.<ref>{{cite book |title=Manual on the art of living |author=Epictetus (Introduction by Kristan K. Husby) |translator=P.E. Matheson |publisher=AIORA Press |place=Athens, Greece |year=2017 |chapter=Introduction |pages=15 |isbn=978-618-5048-70-9 |quote=}}</ref>
[[Stoic]] [[philosopher]]s such as [[Epictetus]] placed great emphasis on [[self-control]] – and, therefore, they rejected the idea that ''emotion'' may have any worth in deciding whether an ''action'' or ''goal'' is worthy.<ref>{{cite book |title=Manual on the art of living |author=Epictetus (Introduction by Kristan K. Husby) |translator=P.E. Matheson |publisher=AIORA Press |place=Athens, Greece |year=2017 |chapter=Introduction |pages=15 |isbn=978-618-5048-70-9 |quote=}}</ref>