Oddly enough, a great deal of my studies this week revolved around the subject of ethics. The one thing that everyone seemed to agree on although no one would admit it was that ethics are anything but universal.
Can we as a species coexist in such a way that there is enough for everyone? Of course we can. Will we ever get to that point? I believe that some day we will. Will you and I live to see it manifest on a national let alone a global scale? Probably not.
Human Beings are hard wired for self preservation. Preservation of the species however.....Let's face it our collective sense of species survival stops shortly after our virtually uncontrollable need to breed like germs. Oh, we may be programed to protect our young (while they are young) but, God help the youngster who is not the fruit of our loins. We will think nothing of letting them die in the streets.....don't believe me? Go outside and look at what's roaming the streets. The miracle here is that we are able some how to breed more rapidly than we are able to kill one another off. Were it not for taught social structure and the need for collective effort to achieve a great many of our needs we might indeed have gone the way of the DoDo long ago.
You speak of the haves and the have nots but, I think that there are two much more prominant groups. These would be those who serve others and those who serve self. Further it occurs to me that the reason that we're in such a mess; the reason for the disparity lies in the fact that while those who serve others are busy doing just that, those who serve self are equally busy with their agenda. Unfortunately all too often this agenda puts these people in postions of power and control where they continue to....you guessed it...serve themselves.
My fear is that it will take a global collapse of ... well... global proportion before the playing field will truly be leveled.
Thunder Rodent
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