Monday, February 18, 2013

The planetary ethic-covenant morality


    With  Paul Kurtz, I admonish everyone to concern herself globally with the planetary ethic. It  reflects my covenant morality for humanity- the presumption of humanism.
     Egoism reflects that smallness of heart of some. They think hermetically, closing off the interest of others as not their concern.
   We, universalists on the other hand, find that concerns for others is in  our self-interest as human being for our own eudaimonia- human flourishing that Aristotle and other ancients note. People practice altruism as say, doctors, yet are free  and - gain wealth thereby. husAyn Rand puts forth the wrong  definition of altruism and a false choice betwixt the individual and others.
    Mutual altruism is you and I scratch each others' backs and pure altruism expects only the satisfaction of helping others
     I disagree with Epicurus on egoism. Ayn  Rand's egoism proffers that why, I earn my money and you yours, neither owing the other. Hardly.
     We have that social contract whereby we each help each other through government. Actually, one can be both a maker and a taker: people lose jobs, thereby needing unemployment insurance. The federal government takes from the general tax fund to pay for that. That person has paid into it, so she gets in part her own contribution. Society wants its children to prosper, so aid to needy children helps the poor children, and also stimulates the economy.
     Buffett gains with educated workers who spend their money to again to stimulate the economy. Thus, his self -interest can include the interests of other. Thus, egoism errs in this manner of claiming the taking from some to help others is at the formers' ruin and makes a slave of her. No, that is a false interpretation!
      Her egoism would impoverish the many!
      Ti's then not a conflict our own interests and those of others, but instead that prosperity for all that society through government makes.
      Covenant morality requires the balance interests of all. This covenant- contract- requires that we do what we can to aid others. Some act supererogatory beyond the call of duty.
     What do you think?

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