For me, the WHOLE problem of politics is that it consists of grossly inadequate people telling others how to behave. My bottom line for politics — and for ethics — is to concentrate on improving yourself alone. There would be no room for the authoritarianism of modern-day socialism if this rule was followed. If your [...]
A society cannot be moral without embracing individual rights; a society devoid of morals cannot be free. Respect for individual morality is the foundation of a free society. Society and government must be brought under the rule of law. Morality must be applied to society. Political leaders throughout history have used the interests of “society” to put themselves above the law, [...]
You need a moral code because you are a being of volitional consciousness, hence you have no automatic behavioral code. You must direct your behavior according to principles. The burden is on you to choose the right principles; you have no right to demand success if you base your behavior on irrational and evil principles.
To act morally, Kant says, one must act out of duty (deon). So morality is judged, not by consequences, but intentions. What is with this false metaphysics, which somehow disconnects body and spirit? If the spirit (or mind) has evil intentions, how can it have anything but evil consequences. And the inverse is even more patently obvious: if you have [...]
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