KennyK Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 Thank you everyone for your comments on my last topic, "What is the root to all evil..?" I really enjoyed reading everyone's point of view. This post will be a little bit of a different angle on the borders of true morality. Passive good -- I will define as avoiding all acts of sin, no matter the situation. This includes "justified sins." If you could save a bus full of children by sacrificing the life of the old lady next to you, you wouldn't. You are refraining from such an act, despite it being of the quote "greater good." Passive good often falls into the realm of the non-aggression principle. Are you evil in nature for NOT acting extremely in extreme situations? Are your principles of taking no action inherently evil..?Passive good -- Freedom Active good -- these people find justice in their sins. They feel that if you take no action then you are guilty. You are required to act and if you take pride in your ideals of balance and non-aggression and let others die and suffer around you then you are part of the "problem." These people seem to take on the world's problems and often make enemies with "passive good" people because they are committing sins. Active good -- Equality Finding balance between the two -- when is enough, enough? Is it ever okay to judge? Judging requires pride but is pride the brother of ego..? Is self-importance a sin? Should we abandon all ego and pass up our opportunity to judge the collective? Is there ever a such thing as true righteousness or do we all act out of self-righteousness..? Is our ego a liability or an asset? The idea of self-importance. We like to kid ourselves and say that we have no ego but many people without a sense of self-importance fall into depression do they not? Is not recognizing your values and strengths the equivalent to having no ego..? If you have no ego then how do you recognize and self-reflect..? Or is ego much more complicated than we give it credit for..? I'm of no religion but I'd like to ask this to our religious readers... Did Jesus have an ego..? Was Jesus active good or passive good..? He strive to make a difference, so wouldn't that make him active good..? Or was he the perfect balance that we all strive for..?
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