We, as humans, have a moral obligation to ourselves and others, to help each other rise, and succeed not only for intrinsic or extrinsic reward, but because it is our duty as a race. One should not ask the question, “Why should I be moral?”, instead, we should ask why amorality exists. To most, this is the view of a deontologist; with morality being a “duty” to all humans, I would be accused of practicing deontology. No. My belief is simple, we are all born with a conscience, it does not have to be taught to us, when we perform something wrong, we know, deep down, that it is wrong, this itself, is our impulse to perform in a moral matter. A valid argument would be bringing up notorious serial killers: Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and Aileen Wuornos. If we are all born with an impulse to be moral, why did they kill? I can never have the answer to that question. Nevertheless, we rely on books, articles, and any form of texts we can, to answer this question, which usually results in the outlandish conclusion of insanity.
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Instead of viewing others as a spectrum of three-dimensional differences, we view our others as a two-dimensional, like a pen to paper. A perfect example of defining our others is: Poor vs. Rich. This is one of the world’s most infamous ideologies, drilled into our brains from prematurity to adulthood. “You must
Instead of viewing others as a spectrum of three-dimensional differences, we view our others as a two-dimensional, like a pen to paper. A perfect example of defining our others is: Poor vs. Rich. This is one of the world’s most infamous ideologies, drilled into our brains from prematurity to adulthood. “You must