{"id":2767,"date":"2019-11-17T19:28:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T19:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=2767"},"modified":"2019-08-04T19:31:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T19:31:07","slug":"ethics-is-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/morality\/ethics-is-you","title":{"rendered":"Ethics is YOU"},"content":{"rendered":"

That is: eventually and with all relevant support.<\/h3>\n

Different kinds of ethics<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some see the basis of ethics in a general principle: \u201cDo to others as you want that others do to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others see it in some kind of authority: \u201cThe ten commandments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others see it in an agreement between humans: \u201cHuman rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

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These are horizontal ethics. There are more kinds and many instances of them.<\/p>\n

I see ethics as vertical.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In-depth.<\/p>\n

Your depth.<\/p>\n

This is compatible with the \u2018five Aurelian values\u2019 as I like to describe them [see: \u2018Five Aurelian Values<\/a>\u2019]. For instance, Openness is open to the total person. At first, yourself.<\/p>\n

There is nothing wrong with ethics pointing to yourself if it\u2019s your total self.<\/p>\n

You fill your bucket until it overflows.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The latter happens spontaneously. The result is that you \u2018give yourself to the world.\u2019 You do good not beside<\/em> yourself, but through<\/em> yourself.<\/p>\n

This is also in the interest of the one(s) to whom you are ethical. If it goes through<\/em> you, you are better able to discern real needs, in deep to deep communication [see: \u201cDeep Listening<\/a>\u201d].<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also the most durable way. You don\u2019t lose yourself in the act. You don\u2019t push your own energy (deep motivation) away from your self. You don\u2019t risk any burnout soon.<\/p>\n

Probably even the opposite. It approaches the conditions for \u2018flow.\u2019 These are mainly the conditions in which<\/p>\n

you are meaningful.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Being meaningful is probably the biggest motivator, the major possible source of \u2018flow\u2019, the best antidote against a feeling of, well, a lack of meaningfulness<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Which may just be another term for depression<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Which may just be \u2013 more or less, in specific circumstances \u2013 another term for burnout<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Vertical is not enough<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

as a road towards a morally good ethical stance. It\u2019s not something like \u201cbe vertical and do whatever pleases you.\u201d<\/p>\n

That would be na\u00efve.<\/p>\n

Humans need a lot of support in this. However, not support such as ten (or six hundred) precepts\u2026 which moreover may lead after a while to much frustration and an empty bucket<\/em>.<\/p>\n

According to me, the best support is Compassion<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[see: \u201cTwo-Sided Compassion<\/a>\u201d].<\/p>\n

Others can support you. You can support others. You can support yourself.<\/p>\n

Nothing is perfect. It can always be better.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s always OK as long as you strive.<\/p>\n

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