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This is third, and probably the final, page completing my definition
of Morality, which clearly shows how everything must rest upon a moral
foundation Once discovering the plateau of morality, everything built
atop a solid foundation becomes crystal clear. Moral philosophy is not
complicated, nor does it demand a lifetime of contemplation and
argument.
We supposedly have the Right to Life, yet today we observe campaigns for
Sacrifice
No Force!
at every turn. Every incident of involuntary Sacrifice steals something
from your natural right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. So
consider today the "virtue" (or not) of sacrifice.
A voluntary sacrifice to support someone within your circle of
family/friends is not sacrifice. You have chosen to help those within
your "circle", your family, friends and business associates who hold
value toward the enhancement of your personal life. These are all those
certain persons who are deserving, important and valuable to you in some
substantial way. This is not true of unknowns whom exist somewhere in
outer space. Again, helping those within your circle is not sacrifice,
because these are individuals of some positive value to you,your ideals
and your life. You trust that those within your circle will reciprocate
in some appropriate way and will assist when you yourself need their
support.
Some of the false "virtue of sacrifice" came from religion, but today we
are seeing a deluge of calls for sacrifice. These come, not from
religion, but from those who would and do claim that you have some
nebulous obligation to support unknown causes for unknown people in
unknown places, whether those be towns, counties, states or even other
countries. Those are people about whom you know nothing about their
value as human beings,
Such blind sacrifices to the unknown are never voluntary. The concept of
Sacrifice "for the greater good" cannot survive by the grace of charity.
Rather, the proponents of such shams con you with guilt-trips into
handing them the privilege of using the Force of governments.
Governments are the tool used to tax/steal your money/property (Your
Life) to redistribute to unknown others whose only "virtue" is being
poor and/or incompetent and/or irresponsible, much too often by their
own choice. You forgo your right to decide for yourself who is
deserving, and how much you will "contribute" to their welfare. You are
expected to cede your mind and your decisions to some again-unknown
politician or bureaucrat whom you pay to represent you but who cannot
and does not. Remember that representative is also representing your
enemies -- those who would deny your Right to Life..
Because using such Force is immoral and illegal in the real world, where
you have recourse against acts of force, government's are created and
improvised as necessary to become the "tool" used to make your choices
for you. They steal via taxation your very own money, in order to
further the cause and objective of those whom you have unwittingly hired
to impose immoral sacrifice upon yourself. Most of us cannot afford
this, and even if we could, are we not still entitled to choice?
Morality does it for me, but many more must come to understand this That
is, unless humanity not even survive to return from the abyss of the
continuing collapse.
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