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Moral behavior can be applied easier if we understand some things about the origin of how and why moral principles and concepts evolve. In this episode, Dr. Scoresby discusses God, science, and society and shows how these origins lead to three different types of morality, which is where we usually get our ideas. You can see where the ideas came from and hear examples of how to apply them.

We are learning more about morality, ethics, and character, but the real question is whether we want to use and apply what we know. In this episode, Dr. Scoresby defines morality, ethics, and character and describes how applying the significant ideas found in each of these three knowledge domains can improve our lives as individuals and enhance our friendships, marriages, and family relationships.

Dr. Scoresby identifies four environments where violence tends to take place as a beginning step in developing an effective method of altering it. Knowing and changing what happens in these situations will be an essential part of any strategy we design to stop it. We must stop it where it is planted and where it grows.

Grappling with the urgent need to stop the violence around us requires that we understand more about the elements of violence and how they lead us to strategies for preventing it. Dr. Scoresby talks about common ingredients in all acts of violence: 1) intention, 2) an active perpetrator, 3) a victim or victims, 4) the context or situation in which it occurs, and 5) a culture that tolerates violence instead of cultivating nonviolence. Included are several examples for parents and children.

Dr. Scoresby talks about some of the most common obstacles to happiness and what can be done to remove or overcome them. Since most obstacles to happiness lie within us, in order to address and solve them, we need to look closely at ourselves and learn how to organize ourselves to overcome them.