Until we are compassionate to all beings, including ourselves, we are doomed to repeat the lines ’lest we forget’, ‘stop racism’, ’equality for women’, ‘keep our ancient forests’, ‘reduce reuse recycle’, ‘do not eat our friends’, ‘rats have righton’, and so on so forth.
Some time ago the knowledgeable ones in government decided to spend millions of dollars TO DEVELOP a community’s capacity to look after its people. This brought thoughts of earlier days to mind. It is spring in Manitoba where, in spring, there is a window of only a few weeks when everything has to be done if one wants a harvest in the fall. I thought of the Wilsons, a young couple just starting out on their own farm. Tragedy!! Eric broke his right leg.
The Golden Rule is the only moral principle that grounds itself in objective observation. The primary three systems of normative ethics: deontology, consequentialism, and virtue ethics, all share the common failure to conclusively answer the question “Why should I care?” when they make claims of how individuals ought to behave. The Golden Rule, however, does not even ask that we care about the principle at all, it simply explains that when we act in a manner toward others that is inconsistent with how we would like to be treated, then we are being hypocritical and unfair. This replaces opinion with fact, so that the desires of individuals cannot be held above it. However, the Golden Rule does have some loopholes that ought to be addressed in order to form a more solid basis for morality.
A rosebush can show the many opportunities one can pursue, if one stays honest and aware.
I came across this comment the other day: “You shouldn’t be so judgmental! Everyone should be allowed to eat whatever they want without worrying about some vegan nut judging them. It’s none of your business what I eat! Each to their own I say!”
No!!! Wrong!!!! I’m going to tell you why that’s a load of …