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We Have Previously Suggested That Philanthropy Combines Genuine Pity With The Display Of Power And That The Latter Element Explains Why The Powerful Are More Inclined To Be Generous Than To Grant Social Justice.

That Is One Of The Flagrant Misconceptions About Catholicism In America That If A Man Is A Catholic He Owes Allegiance To What They Say A Foreign Sovereign, Or Something Like That.

The Intimate Relation Between Humor And Faith Is Derived From The Fact That Both Deal With The Incongruities Of Our Existence. Laughter Is Our Reaction To Immediate Incongruities And Those Which Do Not Affect Us Essentially. Faith Is The Only Possible Response To The Ultimate Incongruities Of Existence, Which Threaten The Very Meaning Of Our Life.

Self-righteousness Is The Inevitable Fruit Of Simple Moral Judgments.

It Is My Strong Conviction That A Realist Conception Of Human Nature Should Be Made A Servant Of An Ethic Of Progressive Justice And Should Not Be Made Into A Bastion Of Conservatism, Particularly A Conservatism Which Defends Unjust Privileges.