Have we lost our morals?

Wouldn't it be great if everyone were held accountable to their actions? You know, if you can support a moral ethic when it supports your cause, you should support the same standard if it goes against your cause. If you don't you would be called out as a hypocrite.  It baffles me that people can be outraged over the killing of a lion and silent on the topic of Planned Parenthood killing babies and selling their body parts.

Let me be clear, I do not support what happened with Cecil the Lion. I personally don't hunt, although I am a gun owner. I do not condemn people that do hunt either. But the outrage I am seeing from a certain group of people is staggering when there is a very serious human ethics issue on the table that needs support. Planned Parenthood has been doing the unthinkable and people (including our President and former Secretary of State) have actually continued to support the organization.

Something is wrong. I think the double standard is possible when people can ignore their internal sense of morals. I'm sure we've all done it, but I thought it would be interesting to look at what underlying causes would justify the abandonment of personal morals.

I asked myself what it would take to really ignore a moral ethic of mine and the only thing I could come up with was a higher value ethic. In other words, If I give up on something, it would only mean that there is something else of higher value that I am going for.

In the case of this certain portion of our society abandoning human rights but fighting relentlessly for animal rights, it would make sense that they are going for something that would be of higher value to them. But what? What could be of higher value than human rights?

The most important thing to some people is to avoid the feeling of guilt.

As I watch the world go into turmoil I can't help recognize a small group of activists that constantly blame themselves (and the rest of us) for all the ills of the world. This is very clear when it comes to environmental issues. They are convinced that we are destroying the Earth and everything humans do is bad. Therefore as retribution, we as humans should suffer. They believe we should also put the environment at a much higher standard than anything else, even us. I don't think it's as much about saving the environment as it is for self-punishment and guilt.

Why do we propagate this type of thought process. Why do we convince people that they are destructive and should suffer. Why do we encourage our fellow man to feel shameful and guilty? These are questions that I have yet to find the answers to but it would sure seem that there is an underlying agenda.

So when I look at the condemnation of men for killing an animal and the simultaneous support of an organization for killing humans, it helps me evaluate my own moral compass. I can only hope people take the time to evaluate theirs.


To your Success!
Dan Wos