[ethics] No label fits all

[bridgetester]

There should be a warning label: No label fits all
Paul Prather

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/living/religion/15569803.htm

Sat, Sep. 23, 2006Chris Rock said it best in one of his comedy routines: Nobody is just one thing

Comments

[cleverusername2]

That's a great article with good sentiment; thanks for sharing.

Collectivism is evil...

[montecristo]

How fortuneate that it is an ill-fitting label for most people.

Re: Collectivism is evil...

[bridgetester]

It should be used cautiously, but it has some place. We have to group things to make sense of the world when we don't have an individual in front of us or something applies to more than one individual.

Understanding collectivism

[montecristo]

Treating groups abstractly, when talking about nobody in particular, may be useful, and even beneficial, in some contexts. It is when we see a group identity when looking at an individual that evil manifests. It is when we see ourselves more as cogs in the machinery of some group than as autonomous, responsible individuals then we have made an ethical error. It is when we believe that groups are more important than the individuals whom they were created to benefit that we lose our humanity.

Blast it all... That's annoying.

[montecristo]

I hate it when I post without checking first to see if I am still logged in.