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What does it mean?
The speaker grounds national values in the belief that everyone is a child of God.
In plain terms
We are all God's children.
What can you take from it?
Base decisions on shared spiritual values.

Where it applies

  • policy making
  • national identity
  • moral reasoning

Putting it to work

  • invoke shared values
  • ground policy in ethics

Questions to consider

  • What values should guide a nation?
  • How does faith influence policy?

Another view

Not everyone shares this religious perspective.

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