Shots Across the Bow

Ethics pt 3

Ethics pt 3 I just completed my third essay on ethics. The conclusion is excerpted below, and the full text is here along with the first 2 installments. Commetns are welcome at the email address to the left.

Altruism, self sacrifice, compassion, patriotism. These are the qualities that raise us from the rest of the animal kingdom. They all involve being able to see beyond our own interest, beyond the interest of our family to the interests of our nation, and maybe soon, our species. This new perspective, unprecedented in nature, demands a new ethic, one which goes beyond "To the victor, goes the spoils."

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It is the job of government to protect its members from the actions of others. It is not the job of the government to protect its members from their own actions. That's the difference between being a citizen and a subject.