Rational Ehtics and Recent Incidents
so. person a insults person b.
person b responds with aggression.
person a responds with more aggression and support from friends.
person b adds other people as well leading to a dangerous escalation.
--- a recent social interaction--
lets make sense of this. For me the higher road is if someone insults you, ignore it. what will it subtract from your being? what will you gain with responding with aggression? make a scene and think that you have re-affirmed yourself? Which leads to the question is there an insecurity which requires you to re affirm this aspect of yourself through a violent confrontation?
I am talking about a specific incident and many that have happened before.
Like a very intelligent acquaintance that felt it necessary to be aggressive when I was sharing my experience with a certain some one. Or this very immature person that threw 2 tantrums in order to feel as though they were the victim. Whats the point of this theatrical drama scene? One of the most left out lessons of use of aggression is using the right amount at the right time. But add personal insecurity, lack of knowledge or personality issues and you have the recipe for a very violent scene. Which brings us to the discussion of ethics.
A lot of us have our defined idea of what is right and wrong. What is acceptable and not. A staple in building a personal philosophy but what many lack to understand is that our ethics do not apply to others nor should we use our limits and hold others to them. (trust me an issue i deal with often) and i am not condoning or encouraging any behavior here.
Okay so ethics-- you binge drink every once in a while but you look down at people who are casual drug users?
-- you have pre marital sexual relations yet you look down on other who engage in casual sex?
-- you dont mind stepping on or using people to get your agenda ahead but yet judge others work ethic or practices?
-- its okay if you use aggression or violence but get upset when others use more than you posses over you?
so im leading to this.
If you bend the ethical code for your own personal use, isnt it irrational to think that others wont as well? some with 'lower' limits than you? so to say 'its okay when i do this but if you do that thats wrong' so we should be cautious of the ethics we choose to bend and when. as it is hypocritical and quite idiotic to think that you are in the right and that others are in the wrong just because in this instance you feel the victim.
next episode of my rant is alpha males and alienation.
person b responds with aggression.
person a responds with more aggression and support from friends.
person b adds other people as well leading to a dangerous escalation.
--- a recent social interaction--
lets make sense of this. For me the higher road is if someone insults you, ignore it. what will it subtract from your being? what will you gain with responding with aggression? make a scene and think that you have re-affirmed yourself? Which leads to the question is there an insecurity which requires you to re affirm this aspect of yourself through a violent confrontation?
I am talking about a specific incident and many that have happened before.
Like a very intelligent acquaintance that felt it necessary to be aggressive when I was sharing my experience with a certain some one. Or this very immature person that threw 2 tantrums in order to feel as though they were the victim. Whats the point of this theatrical drama scene? One of the most left out lessons of use of aggression is using the right amount at the right time. But add personal insecurity, lack of knowledge or personality issues and you have the recipe for a very violent scene. Which brings us to the discussion of ethics.
A lot of us have our defined idea of what is right and wrong. What is acceptable and not. A staple in building a personal philosophy but what many lack to understand is that our ethics do not apply to others nor should we use our limits and hold others to them. (trust me an issue i deal with often) and i am not condoning or encouraging any behavior here.
Okay so ethics-- you binge drink every once in a while but you look down at people who are casual drug users?
-- you have pre marital sexual relations yet you look down on other who engage in casual sex?
-- you dont mind stepping on or using people to get your agenda ahead but yet judge others work ethic or practices?
-- its okay if you use aggression or violence but get upset when others use more than you posses over you?
so im leading to this.
If you bend the ethical code for your own personal use, isnt it irrational to think that others wont as well? some with 'lower' limits than you? so to say 'its okay when i do this but if you do that thats wrong' so we should be cautious of the ethics we choose to bend and when. as it is hypocritical and quite idiotic to think that you are in the right and that others are in the wrong just because in this instance you feel the victim.
next episode of my rant is alpha males and alienation.