Ethics
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. That is the principal difference between a dog and a man."
— Mark Twain
Why do we need to learn ethics, or moral behavior? Why are ethics courses now mandatory in business, law, and medical schools? What is it about human nature or behavior which insists upon doing wrong, causing harm, or hurting others? Everyone makes mistakes. Good people are corrected, internally, via conscience. However, many others have no conscience at all. Many, many people's actions are willfully wrong, on purpose, and completely resistant to correction. Ethics are most often ignored or subverted by a desire for personal gain or profit. And this happens in every area of society. People with a lot of ego, ambition, greed, covetousness, avarice, and desire, may seek personal gain or profit at just about any cost. They are often well practiced at deceit, especially the ones who rise to the positions of corrupt authority. And, that is no mistake. It is not about mistakes, but an act of will, a will to do wrong.
Ethics can be taught; conscience can not. Ethics means a simple alignment with what is right, good, and true, what serves a Higher Good. Ethics are superfluous for the small minority who have the right inner spirit (the Good), and who are already guided by the Light of conscience within them. Such people are inherently truthful, honest, fair, non-exploitative. They do not weigh actions on personal benefit, or personal gain, but on what they know to be right. Generally, the greater majority of people only do what is right if they see reasons to, if they are programmed to, if they fear the consequences of doing what is wrong, or if they feel it is of benefit to them. Personal benefit is not the criteria of ethical action, far from it. At the far end of the spectrum of behavior are people who see nothing wrong with wrongdoing or evildoing. Ethics make little impression on them, just as Truth and Light tend to bounce off of them. They see these as unwanted and unnecessary constraints, just like conscience — which they do not have and do not want. Still, they may discover that a system of belief which controls others is quite appealing or to their advantage. For entirely selfish (or wrong) reasons, such as their own personal gain, such people may embrace a particular system of belief, ethics, and indoctrination — as a way to get over others.
In fact, their ambition is to rise in an already corrupted system, gain greater control and influence, become another corrupt authority, and profess to uphold "the truth," while they lie, cheat, and deceive. They are the People of the Lie. Often the most predatory and cunning ones pretend to be the most meek and humble, and sincere. They know that this goes over very well with the "sheep," who do not like to be startled or upset. And, so they tell everyone precisely what they want to hear, and do everything with an ulterior motive or hidden agenda. And, they rise inexorably in the system, whether in politics or religion, business or sports. They very often become the leaders. As we can see in the corrupt authorities in all of these areas, it is very obvious that they have no inherent conscience or ethics.
We see this kind of thinking and behavior in companies like Microsoft, which adamantly refuses to go along with honest business accounting practices, because they need the appearance and illusion of being perfect, and good, and right, above all, at any cost. Because it is good for business. It is always good for business, whether it is the business of politics, religion, or business. And, this is why they will never admit they have ever done anything wrong. In Microsoft's case, this is entirely in accordance with the limitless ego, arrogance, avarice, greed, exploitativeness, cunning, lust for power and control, and deception of its leader, Bill Gates. Gates is the perfect example of a predator with zero conscience. He has the stated ambition, the single-minded goal and purpose, not to succeed, but to destroy everyone else. This is capitalism gone mad, rewarding the worst among us, the most evil, the most wrong-minded and wrong-spirited. Gates the multi-billionaire is, of course, said to be the richest man in America (or the world). With that sort of reward system for doing wrong, for being wrong, and for being totally resistant to correction, where do "ethics" enter into the equation? Well, they don't. read more ...
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