I also need to clarify that there was no subtitle "Waste of Time" in my
article. I am sure that it was done in the effort to improve it, so I do
appreciate the effort. However, it adds to the confusion because what
follows this title is not a waste of time. I need, therefore, to say
that only the attempts to reform morality, described in the preceding
section, are a waste of time. This is because we have the inherent moral
values and sense of guilt. We are not value-blind and there is no
subjective element to the morality or ethics. So we don't need to reform
the ethics. Only the reformers claim that our ethical values are
subjective and confusing or funny.
The truth is that human beings know what's ethical. Some ethical people
act unethically under the impulse and suffer the feeling of guilt. The
society is now more tolerant of such trespasses and the penal element is
absent or weak. That's the only reason for a moral decline of the
society as a whole. (There are also those, fortunately very few, who are
impaired and have no empathy and do not suffer feelings of guilt.)
What is irrational or mysterious is the influence of the outside agent
that takes briefly away the understanding of a rational man. It can make
a person temporarily value-blind and powerless. In some instances these
individuals might act unethically and the outcome can be tragic.
Matthew Jarosinski
Waitsfield
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