It is becoming fashionable in many cultural quarters to put down human beings, although most of us, when honest , would agree that Sapiens are a pretty special and amazing species . In our times, it is far more important to protect and maintain our lives collectively, to consider what we ought to do, and not just what we in fact do .
To keep striving to show compassion and maintain a sense of fairness and correct reciprocity, in other words how ought I live, shouldn't conflict with ; how ought we all live together, instead of the more common words of " What's true and fair for us may not, and isn't true and fair for them. "
The philosopher Charles Taylor , said ;"There is a certain way of being that is my way, I'm called to live my life in this way, and not in imitation of anyone else's ... if I am not , I miss the point of my life, I miss what being human is for me ." It is very true, only if understood correctly .
Moral rule and authority is not found in our times any longer in external causes and affairs, ideologies, in dominating religions, in politics, in collective social behavior of supremacy, hegemony, apartheid and arrogance, it is only found in each person's unique self, what is right and what is wrong emanates from our own individual self harmonious inside, from our personal feelings, from our created self moral conducts we administer to our lives, and not to collective religious , ethnic, national or clan partisanship , not to right or left stand in life .
It is external structures of society , of religions, of political and social parties, and pressure groups, that gives us this false sense of power, that influence most people into racism, inequality, cruelty and oppression, changing what most of us individuals feel or find in themselves . The right path is generally speaking inside us, we only have to find it and listen to it .
Historically, morality more often than less was left behind, even replaced in many instances with barbarism, cruelty, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism and apartheid . But somehow the passage of time mellowed these extreme traits and anomalies from human behavior. Today examples of Syria, Israel, Brexit U.K. and Trump's America, even places like Putin's Russia and Erdogan Turkey revive our leaving behind of even the basest of our better feelings, mature civilized behaviors, and moral realism and righteousness , it is probably very necessary for humanity collectively, to rethink and revive and follow what we intentionally and stupidly left behind .
On another note , today is the swearing-in and inauguration of the newly elected President Trump, his administration and family. I believe I've mentioned it before , but I reiterate and restate that I only hope Mr. Trump will get this country in 4 or more years exactly in the good shape he got it , or possibly better, history as are many Americans and international observers, are keeping a sharp eye on American politics, societal, economic, and foreign affairs and its leaders as never before, and history will not be easy-going nor very tolerant to what might be , meanwhile, good luck Mr. Trump with it all .
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