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Morals have been developed throughout the centuries in order for humans to survive together. They're also what makes humans, well, human. The following are a few disjointed ideas about adjacent subjects related to morals.
Those that are not on common moral grounds, for example they kill a fellow human, often get shunned upon. What happens if we remove morals altogether? A person that at anytime pursues their own selfish interests with full disregard about others. Now, it could be argumented that one pursues his interests anyways, such as self-preservation, even if subconscious, and that's true to a degree. For example, there's a difference between "I make friendships in order to
fulfill my social needs and make the other person feel good too, build a strong social network etc." and "I make friendships in order to entertain myself, if I think that person is no longer of value or entertaining I disregard them".
A friendship is based upon trust, helping each other, investing time into it, etc. The idea that a friendship can exist without any trust, help, morals or a degree of politeness is absurd. To be polite doesn't mean to not be direct.
Hailing efficiency as the sole base value one is making his judgments from is inherently inhuman, destructing to oneself and others around him, and it helps greater interests at the same time. Efficiency is needed, yes, but you can't "rate" your whole life through the lens of productivity.
Acting polite and with morals because it benefits you is different from actively cherishing morals and ethics. Disregarding morals the moment you think they don't serve your own interests is a selfish act, that disregards the human being next to you.
How can you expect to be trusted and respected, when you disregard friends the moment you think you can do it safely and without repercussion and damage. You can't build interpersonal relationships if you don't put in the time and effort, and just let the other person do the hard work, then you disregard them on the basis they're not useful or entertaining or whatever motive. Yes, we talk because we want ourselves to feel good, but it's not only that. We inherently want deeper connections with the peers around us.