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  • Honor and courtesy are gifts which should be accepted graciously We sometimes go through life oblivious to the valuable gifts that are given to us every day. Many years ago,...

    Be Worthy of Chivalry

    Posted on August 1, 2002 | No Comments
    Honor and courtesy are gifts which should be accepted graciously We sometimes go through life oblivious to the valuable gifts that are given to us every day. Many years ago,...

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  • Can you think of an ethical dilemma which couldn't be resolved by the application of at least one of the tenets listed below? Clearly this code of conduct can trace its lineage back to the age of chivalry.

    Chivalry and the Cowboy Code

    Posted on July 25, 2002 | 1 Comment
    Can you think of an ethical dilemma which couldn't be resolved by the application of at least one of the tenets listed below? Clearly this code of conduct can trace its lineage back to the age of chivalry.

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  • The counterpart to the “knight in shining armor” has long been the “damsel in distress” — helplessly captured by a wicked tormentor, waiting for her hero to rescue her and take her away to a lofty tower of his palace where the two can live happily ever after. To quote my teen-aged niece, “Puh-leeze!”

    Women and Chivalry

    Posted on July 24, 2002 | 1 Comment
    The counterpart to the “knight in shining armor” has long been the “damsel in distress” — helplessly captured by a wicked tormentor, waiting for her hero to rescue her and take her away to a lofty tower of his palace where the two can live happily ever after. To quote my teen-aged niece, “Puh-leeze!”

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  • Historians think of chivalry as the unwritten agreement which the knights of the Middle Ages used to conduct themselves in tournaments and warfare. Literature experts view chivalry through the precepts...

    My Approach to Chivalry Today

    Posted on June 24, 2002 | No Comments
    Historians think of chivalry as the unwritten agreement which the knights of the Middle Ages used to conduct themselves in tournaments and warfare. Literature experts view chivalry through the precepts...

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  • Where did Chivalry come from, and does it have a place in the 21st Century?

    Chivalry: Yesterday and Today

    Posted on June 1, 2002 | 1 Comment
    Where did Chivalry come from, and does it have a place in the 21st Century?

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