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身处浮躁的社会如何培养品德Yesterday,?in?the?House?of?Commons,?CharlesKennedy’s?parliamentary?colleagues?gave?movingtributes?to?his?life.?There?is?never?a?rush,?of?course,to?speak?ill?of?the?dead,?but?these?tributes?had?theclear?ring?of?sincerity.?David?Cameron?said?his“character?and?courage?inspired?us?all”,?and?NickClegg?that?he?always?put?people?before?politics.?Outside?the?commons,?colleagues?and?friendshave?spoken?repeatedly?of?Kennedy’s?compassion,?decency,?and?principled?nature?as?well?asof?his?ongoing?battle?with?human?frailty?in?the?form?of?alcoholism.It?seems?Charles?Kennedy?displayed?what?the?New?York?Times?Columnist?David?Brooks?wouldcall?“eulogy?virtues”.?In?his?most?recent?book?“The?Road?to?Character”,?Brooks?contrastseulogy?virtues?like?kindness,?faithfulness?and?humility?with?what?he?calls?resume?virtues?-the?kind?of?things?we?put?on?our?CV.?He’s?convinced?that?both?eulogy?virtues?and?resumevirtues?take?work?to?develop,?and?is?worried?that?western?society?pushes?us?to?put?our?effortsinto?the?ones?that?will?help?improve?our?careers,?not?our?characters.Its?the?age?old?question-?what?makes?a?good?life??How?do?we?go?deeper?amongst?the?clamourof?a?culture?that?monetises?status?anxiety?and?defines?us?by?what?earn,?own?or?look?like?David?Brook’s?call?for?us?to?do?the?hard?work?of?developing?character,?to?cultivate?self-restraint?and?self-suspicion?in?the?age?of?the?selfie?stick,?isnt?really?controversial.?Itsobvious,?when?we?stop?to?think?about?it,?that?the?real?legacies?of?our?lives?aren’t?job?titles,twitter?followers?or?cellulite?free?thighs.?But?how?do?we?develop?the?eulogy?virtues,?when?thegravitational?pull?of?the?self?is?so?strong?Christians?would?be?the?first?to?acknowledge?that?these?virtues?dont?come?naturally.?Thechurch’s?hunch?is?that?change?happens?through?vulnerable,?committed?relationships.?Toovercome?the?tyrant?self?we?must?confess?our?frailty?and?darkest?tendencies?-?first?to?God,and?then?to?others.Behavioural?science?is?beginning?to?add?evidence?to?what?