{"id":32538,"date":"2012-05-16T17:59:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T17:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/anthony_seldon-we_need_to_fix_britains_character_flaws\/"},"modified":"2012-05-16T17:59:49","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T17:59:49","slug":"anthony_seldon-we_need_to_fix_britains_character_flaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=32538","title":{"rendered":"(Telegraph) Anthony Seldon&#8211;We need to fix Britain\u2019s character flaws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Character, and specifically its neglect, is the number one issue of our age. A society that is not grounded in deep values, that doesn\u2019t know who its heroes are and that lacks a commitment to the common good, is one that is failing. Such we have become.<\/p>\n<p>Today sees the launch at the House of Lords of the Jubilee Centre of Character and Values, to be based at the University of Birmingham. The multi-million-pound investment over 10 years comes from the John Templeton Foundation, set up by the American-born philanthropist. The aim of the centre is to promote and strengthen \u201ccharacter\u201d\u009d within schools, families, communities and companies. It argues that character strengths can be taught, are critical to a life well led, and will benefit all aspects of the country if they are more widely in evidence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/9267396\/We-need-to-fix-Britains-character-flaws.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Character, and specifically its neglect, is the number one issue of our age. A society that is not grounded in deep values, that doesn\u2019t know who its heroes are and that lacks a commitment to the common good, is one<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=32538\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,39,50,74,389,111,199,168,108,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-culture-watch","category-international-news-commentary","category-anglican-provinces","category-church-of-england-coe","category-education","category-england-uk","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-religion-culture","category-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}