Post by Ancapikitty on Aug 19, 2017 12:18:07 GMT -8
Recently, I wrote on my blog about the importance of ethics. A caring idiot I debated on Twitter gave me the idea write about this. ("Morality is not a governing force" is an incredibly foolish thing to say.) In realizing I have a LOT to explain on why and how this is, I decided to break that all up into two parts. I put a lot of time and proofreading it all, and I'll copy and paste everything here. (Any positive and constructive criticism to make this better would be appreciated. You're of course welcome to share what I've written.)
Ethics: Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity. (Synonym terms include: moral code, morals, morality, values, rights and wrongs, principles, ideals, standards [of behavior], value system, virtues, and dictates of conscience)
Etymology definition: "the science of morals," c. 1600, plural of Middle English ethik "study of morals" (see ethic). The word also traces to Ta Ethika, title of Aristotle's work. Related: Ethicist.
Etymology definition of the word moral: mid-14c., "pertaining to character or temperament" (good or bad), from Old French moral (14c.) and directly from Latin moralis "proper behavior of a person in society," literally "pertaining to manners," coined by Cicero ("De Fato," II.i) to translate Greek ethikos (see ethics) from Latin mos (genitive moris) "one's disposition," in plural, "mores, customs, manners, morals"
I think it's a little interesting to add that Cicero was a Roman politician and lawyer who served as consul in the year 63 BC. De Fato, Latin for "Concerning Fate", is a partially lost philosophical treatise written in 44 BC. In the work, Cicero analyzes the concept of Fate, and suggests that free will is a condition of Fate.
When I have much less to look into, I'll read through the De Fato English translation I found. I'm curious about it. A politician wrote a philosophical work about free will, way back when? I'll be sure to read more into who the author was as a person.
I already know that not all politicians here in USA Inc. have been selfish and uncaring about what's right and wrong. Many voluntarists (anarcho-capitalists, free market libertarians) like what former politician Ron Paul has said. In aiming to help warn people about our current economic crisis, and perpetual warfare not doing anyone any good - he's persistent! He's determined to stand up for liberty up to his last breath. (So am I. Knowing what I've been learning, and researching - I would find it careless and foolish to just keep beneficial knowledge to myself.)
Ron Paul has said, "Ideas are important to the shaping of society. In fact, they are more powerful than bombings or armies or guns. And this is because ideas are capable of spreading without limit. They are behind all the choices we make. They can transform the world in a way governments and armies cannot. Fighting for liberty with ideas makes more sense to me than fighting with guns or politics or political power. With ideas, we can make real change that lasts."
I very much agree with this statement. Remember dearies; voluntary interactions and the evolution of sharing good ideas with one another are free, but government power comes at a steep price! It not only costs so much money, but it also costs us our free will, and our consciences. This reliance on power to control each other suppresses our capabilities to seek opportunities to do far more beneficial and productive things without the use of aggression.
Yes, it is possible for people to be freed and then some other corporation would step in to take control now, but what if people could be given chances to see some information that both encourages and challenges them to question what they were taught to believe? That is what the internet is for. That is why certain books exist.
There are others besides Educating for the New World Order by Beverly K. Eakman, in which explains how bureaucrats and private organizations such as the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have bent and broken civil laws behind families' backs within the public school systems. Psychological warfare is still being used to manipulate teachers to teach what the federal government wants them to teach (Delphi Technique).
There are more than books that mention psychological warfare that exist within corporatism and how to build mental defenses against that - such as Mind Manipulation: Ancient and Modern Ninja Techniques by Dr. Haha Lung and Christopher Prowant.
There are also good books that bring up human morals, and teach good lessons to children, for example. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli was one of the books I read when I was a kid.
Summary: He wasn't born with the name Maniac Magee. He came into this world named Jeffrey Lionel Magee, but when his parents died and his life changed, so did his name. And Maniac Magee became a legend. Even today kids talk about how fast he could run; about how he hit an inside-the-park "frog" homer; how no knot, no matter how snarled, would stay that way once he began to untie it. But the thing Maniac Magee is best known for is what he did for the kids from the East Side and those from the West Side. He was special all right, and this is his story, and it's a story that is very careful not to let the facts get mixed up with the truth.
I still have the entire Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate. They take up the bottom row of my bookshelf. This series covers a variety of topics; that enslaving the human race would be horribly wrong, how most animal behaviors and instincts are compared to that of our human-animal behaviors and instincts, and how ongoing warfare changes people in not-so-good ways through the perspective of a small group of teenagers. This series tends to get dark toward the end, but I would still re-read them.
From all of these books that I have read, in big ways and small ways, they have helped to expand my mind, to add onto what I already knew, concerning on what has been going on in this world.
If I hadn't read the first 2 books I mentioned, then I certainly would have never known nor taken any interest to research further on how awful and inhumane the political process is, and why we need to evolve within ourselves to improve how we live and how we decide to do things.
If you don't usually like to read, then look up Beverly K. Eakman on YouTube. She's a whistle blower and former teacher. There's a video in which she explains about the Delphi Technique.
Yes, I know there will always be bad people. We could never defeat evil, but could we suppress evil by using "necessary" evil? How could we defeat oppression with oppression? How could we end racism and hate by using racism and hate? Does it really depend on which brand of government (monopoly of force) is used by just the right people in just the right way to maintain failures of civilizations?
How could any of that logically and ethically work out? How does divide and conquer unite? How could going backwards help you move forward?
Hate, self-centered fear, narcissism, and ignorance hinder individuals from wanting to evolve from within, and keeps them closed-minded. This leaves the proverbial door open to any bad person to influence, manipulate, and enforce tyrannical policies.
Curiosity, optimism, courage, and determination within a morally consistent path lead to open-minded people. It's through these people who develop and explain ideas that don't involve violence and oppression.
Anyone who tells you that such ideas are not to be taken seriously, or that heeding the words of voluntarists would lead to chaos and mayhem aren't very bright. Ignorance may be bliss, but for whom? Answer: Those in power who rely on people to stay ignorant, so they can easily hold meetings behind closed doors about gaining more and more power for themselves, discussing how to trick people into wanting to do that for the sake of their own safety in exchange for giving up more and more of their liberties.
I'm not aiming to be condescending here! I don't intend to seek power for myself either, knowing it is selfish and cowardly to want power and control over others, because I know and understand that they own themselves.
I'm pointing out what does not make sense to me.
A statist once said to me that putting up with what you'd personally view as wrong and corrupt is called "being an adult". Well, how's that working out? Are most adults happier in life than they were as kids? Maybe that's why the Social Justice Warriors tend to act childish and demand respect by being addressed by their own pronouns, because they don't want to grow up to be miserable adults.
I'm saying that it could be a possibility on why some of them behave the way they do. Or, maybe I'm over-thinking on that bit.
Not everyone grows up the same way, and not everyone thinks in the same way - yet there are many who want to impose and enforce what they want on everyone else. We may not agree on everything or get along with everyone, and not everyone wants to attack each other all the time. Yet, our options get fewer and fewer for most in a one-size-that-doesn't-fit-all system. Why would anyone need to have permission to be free?
If people are supposedly so stupid and negligent to be rational and honest, then how could they be smart and dedicated enough to vote for the right person to represent them and be in charge of a nation?
A civilized and peaceful society must have people who are both compassionate and intelligent. One virtue without the other brings disaster! Right now, there are people who care but don't know any better (cops, SJWs, Antifa) and heartless geniuses (banksters, the CIA, congress members, tell-lie-vision media corporations who support and keep quiet about crimes the other heartless geniuses commit). Guess which side tends to easily mislead and manipulate the other to do crazy and destructive things.
If you want governance, then why not try to learn self-governance? If you're not allowed to just be yourself and be 100% in charge of your own life, with a lack of understanding on what's good and what isn't - then you might want to invest time for yourself to think about what it is you personally and specifically advocate.
What do you think? Is this all meaningless rambling to you? Do you - the socialists, socialist-capitalists, communists, etc. - still think morality is irrelevant? Is self-governance impossible to achieve for all? Can we ever hope to learn and understand why the same old problematic thinking leads to more stupid people, and more dependent thinking order-followers?
What I've addressed so far is partially why logic and ethics matter together. If there weren't other people over the years, throughout history sharing and explaining this information, then we'd all be tricked much sooner into wanting to live in totalitarian societies.
I've said enough for now! I know I want to elaborate in two ways on how statism doesn't make sense to me, but that is something to be saved for part 2. To spread information in chunks at a time is just as important to learning information chunks at a time.
Sources and Extras:
www.google.com/search?source=hp&q=ethics&oq=ethics&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i131k1l2j0l2.3460.4387.0.5288.8.7.0.0.0.0.227.1238.0j3j4.7.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..1.6.1019.0..0i131i46k1j46i131k1.9IJQf-bRd1w
www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=ethics
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_fato
Here's the English translation of De Fato I found and bookmarked. www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/philosophers/cicero/de_fato_english.html
The summary of Maniac Magee I got is from the Scholastic website: www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/maniac-magee-by-jerry-spinelli/
The Animorphs series is also published by Scholastic: www.scholastic.com/teachers/search-results/?search=1&filters=&text=Animorphs
Beverly K. Eakman's website - over there is a list of the books she has written: beverlyeakman.com/
Agent Provacateurs by Beverly Eakman Part 1 of 6:
Here's a good article I've found on the Delphi Technique a while back, a second opinion apart from Eakman's book: www.vlrc.org/articles/110.html
www.amazon.com/Mind-Manipulation-Ancient-Modern-Techniques/dp/B008PGU272