Why Be Moral?
Why wouldn’t I wish to be moral and urge others to be moral if it’s an antidote to appalling chaotic mess and potential self-destruction.
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Why wouldn’t I wish to be moral and urge others to be moral if it’s an antidote to appalling chaotic mess and potential self-destruction.
If power and wealth are not distributed equally, scenarios of unfairness and injustice are created which directly conflict with the nature of morality.
It’s something we all share. It’s tangible, appealing, accessible and always there. It’s both empirical and experiential. Among sentients it’s universal.
You can trust a moral person. And, if you are moral, they can trust you too.
Lots of stuff pretends to be morality but isn’t. Religions, traditions or ideologies are often just ways to reinforce hierarchies of power.
eIQ – Ethical Intelligence – is achievable by any of us. You don’t need a degree.. a guru or a teacher. You just need to exercise your eIQ.
This mess we’re in? Politically? Socially? It’s the near-inevitable result of something pretty sneaky – which keeps blindsiding the idealists, the visionaries, the champions of humanism, the great environmentalists, the…