1. Identify the recurring elements at work in any ethical failure

"Those who cannot remember their past are condemned to repeat it."

George Santayana, American philosopher (1863-1952).

According to John Shoup, history repeats itself not because we forget but because, according to the laws of non-linear dynamics, the patterns that generate history facilitate identical reiterations.

So, to start with concrete examples, let's ask ourselves what common patterns are at work in remote failures: