Yes, and as confirmation of what you say, C-Span interviewed a film-maker, a director of a documentary about what occurred in Egypt, in 2011, in Tahrir Square, which has received world-wide recognition; this is must-viewing Here is a link to the inspiring interview:marjoramblues wrote:I agree that it is a brave individual who can see what is wrong, blows the whistle and has to live with the consequences.And when we do learn from history? When do we learn from history?
There have always been some individual who could see what was wrong and which path ought not to be taken, and every one of them was branded An Enemy of the People *...
Prof: This in the system of Ethics is known as Moral Courage.
I also 'get' the frustration that for all our talks of peace and Peace Talks, that when push comes to shove it is the Powerful who are in the driving seat.
Prof: YOU have power if you would only use it ! The job (of Applied Ethics) is to empower people from the bottom up - in contrast with the acceptance of 'Top down.' Read Howard Zinn, THE PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED SATES http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-U ... oward+zinn to learn how culture actually evolves, how conditions change.
No Grand Ethical blueprint will stop this. We all have a moral compass.
People, around the world, are now better informed and can react quickly to Dictatorial President's wrong decisions. One of globalisation's benefits.
...humans must turn to violence.
What use building yet another Ethical theory?
Waving existing ethical codes might change the direction of the elite as they drive past in their limousines.
More important - is being kept aware of leaders and politicians who attempt to sneak in wrong laws which turn protesters into traitors. the environmentally-aware into 'Marxists'.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/317182-1
What she has to say will give us hope.
Further, it is good to remind ourselves that out of the dissolution and decline of The Roman Empire came modern Italy, and many nation-states arose. As the Brits well know, the decline of an empire is not the end of the world.
As you know, in the 18th Century duels were common among men who felt obliged "to defend their honor." Today, we don't see that practice much.
Historian Rachel Selden, author and professor, tells us that American politicians in the 19th Century - prior to the U.S. Civil War, would not be considered as civilized by today's standards. The legislators were often violent, and would hit one another over the head with a cane - without even being angry as they did it - if they disagreed on a point. Currently, such violent conduct is deterred by statute laws and the threat of jail time. Our law reflects - a bit more closely - Ethical priniciples ...the moral law.
The failure to read the last 9 pages of the book, BASIC ETHICS, namely, pp. 36-45, led you to label the whole package as 'repetitious.' There is new material there you haven't seen before. ...and it's easy reading. Could it be that the judgment made of the system was premature?
See: http://tinyurl.com/mfcgzfz
Check out pages 36-45 and you may be pleasantly surprised.
There is a use to building another ethical theory. And this forum {Ethical Theory} is dedicated to theory. Hex-Hammer's conception of ethics is is properly the business of the Applied Ethics forum. He graduated with an A grade from Trash Talk 101. His native tongue is Danish, and we ought forgive his fracturing of English grammar, and his spelling.