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11.16.05 Abbeville physician addresses Erskine wellness participants A "Lunch 'n' Learn" presentation Wednesday sponsored by the Erskine Wellness program featured Abbeville physician Dr. Robert Todd, who spoke on the topic, "'Should We Be Good for Goodness' Sake?' The Intrinsic Value of Living a Moral Life." Todd, who spent three years as a pastor before entering medical school, has a master of divinity degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and recently became one of the nation's first three recipients of a Fellowship in Physician Ethics and Professionalism from the American Medical Association. He and Erskine alumnus Dr. Robert Alexander taught a three-hour master's-level medical ethics course at Erskine Seminary in the spring. Once when he and his daughter were having a discussion about her college and career plans, Todd said, he asked her "what she would like to be." Her answer took him by surprise and made the incident memorable for him. "I want to be like you, Daddy," his daughter answered. Todd said although he is aware of his flaws and foibles, it was good to hear his daughter express the desire to emulate him. "This came from someone I thought hated me all through her high school years," he laughed. "Aristotle said the aim of a moral life is happiness," Todd said. "What would make a parent happier than having a child who loves God, loves her neighbor and is trying to give back to the community? Whether we feel we're worthy or deserving, our children do look up to us. That's a great reason for leading a moral life." Some possible benefits to be gained by living a moral life include true happiness, serving as an example for the next generation, and, for Christians, becoming more like Christ. "Living a virtuous life is not incompatible with living a Christian life," he said. Erskine students, professors and staff members joined members of the Due West community for Wednesday's event, the third of six wellness sessions planned for this academic year. Todd entertained several questions at the conclusion of his talk. Earlier Wednesday, the results of Erskine's Fall Walking Challenge, also part of the school's Wellness initiative, were announced. The winning team was the Stride Rights, led by Beth Hawthorne. Dr. Loyd Melton, captain of the Seminary Speedsteppers, accumulated the greatest number of individual steps, with a total of 652,000. The total number of steps for all 11 teams was 35,216,298, or about 17,608 miles. A new walking challenge is set to begin in January and lunch programs will resume in February. |
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