At their worst, faith and political radicalism have exactly the opposite effect: they encourage a mentality of victimhood and blaming others for everything that goes wrong.Perhaps the really interesting question and this is Erasmus speaking, rather than Nikos is whether the church and the left will reinforce one another's virtues or compound each other's weaknesses.
What's not fine is encouraging a mentality that you can finance everything you want, even though you don't need it -- and especially if you can't afford it.
By encouraging a mentality of service, Teach For Armenia will set an unprecedented standard through which to advocate similar programs for meaningful change in the broader field of education within Armenia and beyond.
The SEN label can be demotivating and demoralising for some children, encouraging a "victim" mentality.
Bruce A. Yarwood, president of the association, said: "We should not be increasing fines, adding auditors and encouraging a 'gotcha' mentality.
Investors looking for guidance take their cue from each other, encouraging a herd mentality, and individually rational behavior creates a collectively irrational outcome.
Mr Putin may choose to designate external enemies and encourage a fortress mentality for domestic consumption, but that does little to bring the investments his country badly needs if it is ever to modernise.
The result, market participants said, has been an increase in private oversight for a business that until Enron collapsed, largely from its misuse of structured finance, had encouraged an "anything goes" mentality.
Proclamations of faith hinder that process, and instead encourage an either/or mentality (either you are one of us or you are not) rather than creating a context for a fuller, more open discussion of the variety and range of spiritual possibilities.
"It's about encouraging an entrepreneurial mentality throughout the business.
