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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/Socratic Dialogue reflection paper - Marion Sathicq.docx | |
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| -If I fail at building a vision of who I want to become and hence never take my responsibilities, if I fail at fighting my fear to choose this risky and difficult path and using them as a tool to design my own way, if I fail at forging solid relationships with OTHERS in order to share my inner wealth and mostly in order to grow it, I am convinced that I will not be able to understand the meaning of my life | |
| -All my questioning about my responsibilities and how to overcome my fear start with the simple idea that I am convinced of: the hardest part of being a manager is the RELATIONSHIP to OTHERS | |
| -I think that many aspects of my being can become challenges to overcome in order to have a good RELATIONSHIP with OTHERS as a manager: being a woman, being a “listener” rather than someone who appreciates talking and being in front of the stage, being someone that needs other people’s opinions and feedback to make good decisions, being honest and transparent and, finally, being soft and kind | |
| -For all these reasons, the subject of relationships to OTHERS is very important to me | |
| -I am indeed convinced that my relationships to OTHERS bring a lot of value to my life and my opinions | |
| -Interacting with OTHERS in a “horizontal” way allows you to craft a solution that can appeal to everyone and answer everyone’s needs, hence a decision that will be accepted | |
| -Also, I really APPRECIATE feedback – not to say I actually cannot feel comfortable if no one is telling me “I agree” or “I think you are wrong” | |
| -As a sincere person, I cannot pretend I APPRECIATE someone’s attitude if I think the opposite | |
| -However, do I really want to become this person? This is another difficult part: when does savviness ends and hypocrisy starts? Of course when you want to achieve a goal, you might have to give some smiles to people that you do not APPRECIATE, in order to get to the top and finally have an impact on these kinds of fake relationships | |
| -Who should you please first? (962) I am convinced that the right way to solve this issue of finding the perfect balance in your RELATIONSHIP with OTHERS as a manager is to become exemplar | |
| -This is why responsibility is essential to me: first because I want to fight this trend (“you can take it all”) but also because I feel this is the only way for me to become the manager I want to become, with the RELATIONSHIP to OTHERS that I wish to have and the impact that I will strive to have | |
| -This is why I chose to only talk about the three key subjects of the RELATIONSHIP to OTHERS, responsibility and fear | |
| -Someone who is not scared can decide to act in a responsible manner and therefore have a positive flourishing RELATIONSHIP to OTHERS | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/Final Essay + Journal Carlos Manubens.pdf | |
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| -On the other hand, true leadership in my opinion comes from people that have very rich minds, emotions, feelings and beliefs, such as Steve Jobs, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi or several OTHERS that I would dare to mention as a true example of leadership | |
| -They cultivate their self and try to communicate all their findings and experiences to OTHERS | |
| -There are people who are extremely rich in their interior but being more introverted never let OTHERS share all that richness and to me those are not leaders, but really emotionally rich characters that probably get to live a really meaningful life | |
| -But what I am truly passionate about are people that actually share all that with the OTHERS to elevate as many people as possible to the big questions in life and the most deep and important issues | |
| -Concerning RELATIONSHIP with OTHERS I also mentioned how important it is to invest time in order to harvest good relationships, understood as one RELATIONSHIP that adds a lot of value to you as a person | |
| -There is a very important consideration that we also discussed with some classmates which is the importance of giving to OTHERS without expecting to receive back in order to make sure there you receive back from OTHERS | |
| -In the end, if you are altruist and give a lot to OTHERS in forms of love, gratefulness and sharing emotions, the most probable is that some of the people you have given to will share back with you all those nice feelings and emotions and empower you greatly, being in all forms | |
| -Also important in my opinion is the fact that relationships are like all kind of financial assets in the sense they need investment of all kinds, you need to take care of these and even the little details might matter in a RELATIONSHIP | |
| -Linked to this, communication is key: you have to tell OTHERS what you feel, what you think, what you believe, what pleases you, what it does not and then the relationships flow in a much proper way according to several contemporary philosophers | |
| -It is very true, since circumstances can turn around things very easily and it is difficult to understand these and other drivers from outside the OTHERS life | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/Reflection Paper Juliette ten Brink.docx | |
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| -For example when I did my Socratic Dialogue with my mother, I asked her what happiness is and she answered ‘helping OTHERS and giving to OTHERS’ and without even knowing it, I think she had been working towards Aristotle's form of happiness basically her whole life | |
| -That it was a virtue that you could have yourself, but also something that you could value in OTHERS | |
| -It just means that some days are better than OTHERS, and that I need to learn how to be by myself without feeling lonely | |
| -Step 5 + Helping OTHERS act on their morals Unlike some other teams, our team didn’t think that these stages were inextricably linked to age | |
| -Her thesis is that moral evolution is about caring for OTHERS, based on what she observed as feminine moral principles in the girls and women that she researched | |
| -Basically, women have a different moral compass related to improving their RELATIONSHIP with OTHERS and taking care of OTHERS | |
| -It is only in the final stage that women evolve in their awareness to know not to sacrifice everything for OTHERS, but to also value themselves and take care of themselves | |
| -This development kind of contradicts the one we developed in that, for us, thinking about yourself came before thinking about OTHERS | |
| -In that sense, women should take their voices related to nurturing relationships into companies and make themselves heard when it comes to caring for OTHERS | |
| -On the meaning of life ‘Life has meaning when you share what you have with OTHERS’ What does life mean? Being able to act, think, feel and dream, what is the purpose of that? I find this question so interesting, because no matter how long you think about it, people can come up with widely different answers | |
| -I think for me, having life means having opportunities to enrich myself to be able to enrich OTHERS and to leave behind a world that is better than it was before I entered | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/SD_FinalEssay_ViktorPenzinger.pdf | |
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| -Therefore, a quick hypothetical cost/benefit analysis resulted in a clear preference for signing up to this course, and I was eager to hear how OTHERS would feel about the topics outlined in the syllabus | |
| -Clearly, this class would be about debating – and dialoguing as I realized later on – and sitting face to face with OTHERS would work towards the quality of outcomes | |
| -Another way in which this class differed from OTHERS was that the initial 30 minutes were not spent with re-reading the syllabus, but rather with an “Annoying Observation”, a tool entirely new to us and which would always allow us a quick start into each session despite the typical Monday morning feeling | |
| -In this setting, the latter tried to maintain the role of a moderator who only rarely evaluated what OTHERS said and almost never provided own thoughts deliberately | |
| -Some are related to myself, while OTHERS concern the way I engaged and dealt with other individuals in class | |
| -Lastly, the class also helped me in improving the way I RELATE to OTHERS | |
| -Looking back, I missed such courses in my previous years at university, so both exercising direct Socratic Dialogues as well as building on to what OTHERS contributed in class clearly developed my Emotional Intelligence skills | |
| -These actions can include delivering the best results that we can achieve with our very own capabilities, assisting OTHERS, developing talents and also having a view for the direct and indirect effects on the company’s surroundings (triple bottom line!) | |
| -On the flipside, this strong drive and curiosity inside me has led to the development of a certain amount of impatience, which I unfortunately express regularly when I think of my personal future but also in debates with OTHERS | |
| -At the same time, I can show more patience when talking to OTHERS, giving them a chance to explain their points and always letting them finish their sentence | |
| -With regards to this, this class has required me not to be missionary in supplying my ideas and convincing OTHERS (winning the debate), but rather to build on what OTHERS have said (improving the dialogue) | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/SOCRATIC DIALOGUES JOURNAL.pdf | |
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| -She believes that the highest moral stage is taking care of OTHERS, and this is what she describes as the “women voice”, which is not a gender issue, it depends on education | |
| -It was clear that active listening is actually useful, as we are used to listen to be able to respond in order to expose or impose our opinion, but we are not used to listen openly without judging the OTHERS opinion | |
| -As the course was moving on, I felt more comfortable with these reflections and I gave more and more importance to the concept of Socrates of know thyself, as it is the way to understand better the environment, OTHERS and also to better face the different situations I encounter thorough life | |
| -Finally, having the ability of listening to OTHERS and not judging is something we are not used to do on our daily lives, however I found impressive how listening without prejudices and judgements enables you to include other’s people’s thoughts in your opinion, which will be a much rich perspective | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/Final Essay.docx | |
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| -I am still working on understanding why some people tends to believe and accept behavioral rules from outside and OTHERS cannot avoid questioning external rules and need to find their own, and if this two different levels of “behavioral rules”, extrinsic or intrinsic, can influence the final outcome, that is the “level” or the “intensity” of happiness you can reach | |
| -Corporate RELATIONSHIP with Cems and my university, suggestions from classmates and alumni, many networking events etc, pushed me into applying for jobs without taking into consideration who I am and who I want to be | |
| -If it was not for this course or this specific class, I would have never be able to RECOGNIZE that what has been my biggest fear in the last 5 years, losing my values and forget where I want to go, was actually happening | |
| -If it was not for this class I would not have refused a prestigious job that was offered to me 2 weeks ago, if it was not for this class I would have spent the next 2 years unhappy and complaining, or, even worst, becoming as the OTHERS, orienting my natural ambition towards money and power instead than towards a Nobel Prize for peace | |
| -For the first time of my life I realized how easy it is to forget about yourself and your goals and just get sucked into the OTHERS goals and desires | |
| -I really want to do something for the OTHERS, I really want to “change the world”, help the people, do something to make this place a better place | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/Final.pdf | |
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| -However, I believe fear is very important in our lives for an additional reason: fear makes us APPRECIATE what we already have | |
| -However, I still believe this precept, which is generally well-intended can also be misinterpreted and lead to a sense of entitlement to take decisions for OTHERS | |
| -§ issue at hand In relation to seeking advice from OTHERS, I have realised that asking for other people’s opinions is not a sign of weakness – as I sometimes used to think- but rather, a sign of humbleness and wisdom -in the Socratic sense- and that people who might perceive it that way are just ignorant | |
| -the is about reaching § Related to learning to embrace complexity, I learned that it is essential to learn to be able to cope with uncertainty and ACKNOWLEDGE that life is just as much about the journey milestones | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/Final Essay - Dasha.pdf | |
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| -According to Socrates, life exists when we examine ourselves, and we only know ourselves through OTHERS | |
| -Admitting that we are all ignorant in a way, we should all remain humble and strive to know, firstly about ourselves, and then about OTHERS | |
| -As future managers, it is essential that we ACKNOWLEDGE we do not know everything, not even ourselves that well, but work on gaining the knowledge | |
| -While acquiring more understanding about ourselves, we can then start helping OTHERS to know themselves better and further learn about them as well | |
| -By having one on one Socratic Dialogue with colleagues, we will be given the chance to genuinely listen to what OTHERS have to say, and engage deep and meaningful conversations that hopefully result in mutually beneficial outcomes | |
| -Our group did not stress the existent of humans’ born instinct, but OTHERS seemed to agree that we are all born with innate instinct that vaguely guides us in the direction of progress | |
| -Moreover, women often seek alternatives existing in the “grey area” that are more flexible mainly to take care of OTHERS or respond to everybody’s needs | |
| -Ironically, most men actually have the similar concerns that allow them to care for OTHERS, but they choose not to act as such because they refuse to be seen as “less masculine” | |
| -However, I realized that I have learned something more about myself, Ying Tung (Dasha) Lin CEMS Spring 2016 and learned how important it is to understand myself, as well as OTHERS | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/Isabelle Spicker_Socratic Final.pdf | |
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| -Additionally, through my internal pressures I am very aware of my environment and thus I RECOGNIZE societal pressures much more | |
| -Isabelle Spicker Socratic Dialogue Final Essay The more I read about ‘glass ceilings’ and workplace discrimination, the more I RECOGNIZE them in my environment and the sadder I get | |
| -As can be seen from this, meaning and responsibility are closely related for me as it only seems meaningful to me to engage for something that is meaningful to OTHERS as well | |
| -And as soon as I interact with OTHERS I feel responsibility | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/KGanko_paper.pdf | |
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| -Furthermore, I have realised that the method in extremely helpful in discovering the perspectives of OTHERS which would help with questioning our own opinions | |
| -Another learning related to the importance of the ability to actively listen to OTHERS | |
| -The discussion was brought further by one student and we concluded that we often desire something because of the value that OTHERS attach to it (e | |
| -3 This investigation of the multitude of philosophers and their thoughts on life and its meaning throughout the session, leads me to consider how some things are within our control and OTHERS are completely outside of it | |
| -Things that are in our control include our opinions, desires, and our actions, while those things outside our control include our bodily vessel, our reputation, and all aspects which are out of the reach of our actions, and ultimately are restrained by, or belong to, OTHERS | |
| -A RECOGNITION of the power of desire identifies both that desire is an innate urge, and that the satisfaction of desire is intricately linked with happiness | |
| -Gilligan’s main claim states the importance of finding the right balance between sacrificing for OTHERS and caring for ourselves | |
| -We came to the conclusion that people who represent the highest level of moral development do not use OTHERS as means to an and end but rather treat those RELATIONSHIP as and end in itself, with respect and dignity | |
| -We discovered a pattern that men become more “feminine”, concerned with RELATIONSHIP and are 5 prone to writing stories about love more often | |
| -Furthermore, we could observe a pattern that that with each year the number of people whose stories do not RELATE to the pictures augments | |
| -When the other students were discussing children upbringing I could not stop thinking about my RELATIONSHIP with mum, and the fact that I am scared of having kids | |
| -However, what worries me the most is the fact that, even though asking questions and dialoguing has so many advantages, what should be our strategies for implementing that method with people who do not want to dialogue? Who do not want to listen, because they think they are always right? Would we be courageous enough to pursue despite receiving rejections? How can we teach OTHERS how dialogue if they only know how to debate? How would we know if we have some effect on OTHERS? Socrates was poisoned because of his efforts to educate himself and OTHERS, to question people and make them think – are people seeking the truth under the same threat? If yes is it worth to sacrifice oneself? (After studying philosophy we are left with more questions than answers) | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/SD_FinalEssay_AlessaVogler.pdf | |
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| -I have always been interested in scientific subjects at school and wanted to choose a career path that was significant and meaningful and which would enable me to help and to have an impact on OTHERS | |
| -I was not interested enough in the content I was taught, I did not like the majority of my fellow students – many stereotype ‘rich kids’, feeling unreasonably superior to OTHERS without having achieved anything meaningful in their lives | |
| -We were 20 students from around ten different countries and three continents and despite all the differences that we embody, the endeavour to think for ourselves, to be responsible for our own actions, and to be willing to ‘educate’ OTHERS in that matter were characteristics that united us throughout the course | |
| -In our last session we were made aware that at some point during the debate we got stuck, we were not listening actively and did not rethink what OTHERS had said | |
| -In the future, I will try to follow this advice and make my emotions less dependent on OTHERS and on things that are out of my control | |
| -After having conducted the studies she felt that the highest morality is to take care of OTHERS and of oneself | |
| -After this stage, one transitions from selfishness to responsibility to OTHERS, thus the premise of the conventional phase is self sacrifice equals goodness | |
| -Thus, the goal of the last stage is the principle of nonviolence: do not hurt OTHERS or self | |
| -Gilligan stated that men to a certain extent were also aware of the consequences of their behaviour on OTHERS but often, they did not want to voice this awareness because they were afraid they would be ‘like a women’ | |
| -Being persons of value themselves, there is no reason why women should be responsive to OTHERS but selfish to themselves | |
| -He just knew that it was what OTHERS demanded from him and acted thoughtlessness about it | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/socratic final essay.docx | |
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| -A philosophy class taught in a “Business School” sounded kind of ironic to me at first and I’m not going to lie, I had a tendency of thinking of myself being better than OTHERS because I had spent quite a bit of time in my late teens reading philosophy | |
| -Wrapping the semester up now, I feel I have been fortunate enough to see that my prejudice is now broken and perhaps this has been the greatest gain of it all; learning to be open and being able to get inspired by OTHERS without prejudice | |
| -At this point, I have seen the power of dialogue and how willing people actually are to share things, how desperate we all are to be able to express ourselves and to be understood by OTHERS because especially in the “Business School” context we live by frameworks, standards that enhance efficiency and being fast paced | |
| -Many times when listening to OTHERS in the group I felt that I was gaining new perspectives and new things I had not even considered before | |
| -It’s not a very pleasant place to be considering how much time you put into obsessing over what OTHERS think of you, what to say or what to do, or the things that have happened in the past | |
| -How can you expect a former inmate to live a normal life if he can’t even get a job because he was incarcerated back in the day? Once again, I still can’t get my head around justice but I know that our society definitely does need more empathy and if we start trying to understand those people whom we so easily label as “OTHERS” a lot more good will come out of this world | |
| -As an employee, a manager, a friend or a son I will always force myself to have an open mind in any RELATIONSHIP I walk into and understand the person sitting next to me, because I have seen how powerful it is to have a white blank page when you are first starting something | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/Marek Medvesek_Final essay_ Socratic Dialogue.pdf | |
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| -Furthermore this class helped me APPRECIATE the art of dialogue and understand its superiority towards a debate | |
| -We strive for other’s APPRECIATION and respect that’s why we end up owning things we not necessarily need nor want | |
| -If a desire however is only about the RECOGNITION we get from OTHERS can it ever lead to happiness? Can it be ever satisfied? I think that following a desire, whether it’s in the end fulfilled or not helps us to have a sense of purpose in life and that in my opinion is a prerequisite for happiness | |
| -It has great implications on our future, professional lives both for me as an entrepreneur or OTHERS as managers | |
| -In his book Gladwell deals with the concept of epidemics, among OTHERS crime epidemics | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/AKBAR, Sumer - SD Final Essay.docx | |
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| -We (as a society) require a fundamental understanding of how society has evolved over time and ACKNOWLEDGE the improvements we have developed | |
| -In class, we focused on the RELATIONSHIP between character and happiness | |
| -It is fine to aspire for more, but perhaps the idealist in me wants OTHERS to take action if it makes them happy | |
| -This is something I ACKNOWLEDGE and would like to change, and become more risk-taking without fearing the consequences | |
| -Of course, there are granularities involved with that as some crimes are significantly worse than OTHERS | |
| -We need to engage in dialogue to build up each OTHERS' ideas not break them down as done so in a debate | |
| -Overall this semester, I have many key takeaways and have earned a new APPRECIATION of learning about myself, my peer group, and society as a whole | |
| -As aspiring business leaders, we have to ACKNOWLEDGE how we think, what makes us happy, what motivates us, what we fear, for what we are responsible for, and what is just | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/Laker, Maximilian - Final Essay.pdf | |
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| -SELF-AWARENESS & REFLECTION On the most abstract level, what I’ve learned in this course is a higher degree of introspection and self-awareness, as well as a higher attentiveness to the importance of reflection on one- self and OTHERS | |
| -Moreover, listening to OTHERS phrasing their perception was also very valuable for understanding one’s own ideas better by corresponding or contrasting the different elements of their and my ideas | |
| -Many times we let ourselves be manipulated too much by what we perceive OTHERS think, although we are the people leading our lives, so why don’t we free ourselves from such external pressures? Alas, unfortunately all that does not mean that I have figured out exactly the answers for myself to the questions that were discussed during the course | |
| -Sira Abenoza | ESADE | CEMS | Maximilian Laker atmosphere of this setting, encouraged everybody’s participation: We were genuinely listening to each other, referring to OTHERS’ remarks by building on what they had said and considering the different elements of their perspectives in a very differentiated manner, at times partially agreeing, at times partially disagreeing, but always respectful and in a constructive way | |
| -The goal was always to enrich each OTHERS ideas on the topic, not to win an argument over someone, to determine right or wrong, but rather to reach a higher understanding of a topic together, than everybody would have achieved individually | |
| -First and foremost – and as a radical contrast to the dialogue – now neither did we try to achieve a higher or better understanding of the topic, nor did we attempt to build on each OTHERS ideas or reach some common ground | |
| -On the other hand, if applied implicitly it basically is a form of active listening and better understanding OTHERS, as well as their views and emotions, which is always favorable for personal relationships | |
| -Moreover, the continual relocating has taken its toll not only on friendships due to the limited contact, but also a promising love RELATIONSHIP with my ex-girlfriend fell victim to it | |
| -Instead, I would argue that this specific task was a more concrete materialization of something that he might ultimately have considered his meaning of life (which could be something like helping OTHERS to overcome existential distress and hardship with the creation and promotion of logotherapy) | |
| -However, all of our interpretations had in common a notion of APPRECIATION of living in todays civilized societies and being a reminder of that we owe this civilization to the efforts and sacrifices of previous generations, which should not be taken for granted | |
| -Alternatively, we can instruct and inspire OTHERS to benefit society, create environments that are more like the previously explained dialogue, in which people can flourish and feel comfortable at the same time, and we can help OTHERS towards leading a more reflective, better life | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/Final Essay_Phillip Schmalzried.pdf | |
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| -I RECOGNIZE that my ability to answer questions covered in this course is constrained due to the limited studies I have conducted in the field of philosophy | |
| -Does it matter what our real identity is if it never appears the same to anybody anyways or if it changes constantly? If it really comes down to a pile of perceptions, is our identity then based on what OTHERS think of us? I like to think that we have control over our identity to a large extend, and that it is shaped by the choices we make, but also influenced by the experiences we make and that we have no control over | |
| -Concluding Reflection “I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question ourself and OTHERS | |
| -If there is one thing, above all OTHERS, that I am taking away from this course, it is the realization that it is not only good to question the status quo, when it comes to our personal development it is also necessary and crucial for expanding our horizon | |
| -In addition to that, and maybe even more importantly, by questioning OTHERS – when doing so in a sensible manner as Socrates taught us to – we can help OTHERS to achieve the same | |
| -Every single session and every single topic has broadened my mind and got me reflecting on my life, my attitude towards myself and OTHERS among many other things | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/YelizSunay_FinalReflectionandEssay.pdf | |
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| -We were able to come to the conclusion that with the help of OTHERS we are able to connect the dots and see the world in a different view and supported ‘Aristotle’s statement that humans are social beings | |
| -Here I am again referring to what they have achieved in terms of material wealth and showing it to OTHERS | |
| -But deep down I have always wondered; are these people really happy or is it just a façade to make OTHERS believe that you are happy? In the end I believe that it is more about the experiences that make you happy and the non material things you are setting yourself in life in order to make you happy | |
| -I am happy to see how many times I have sacrificed myself in order to make OTHERS happy | |
| -There is no way I can achieve happiness by not knowing what makes me happy and I can’t listen to what OTHERS believe what I should do | |
| -Here I would like to RELATE back to the ‘prisoners’ movie where we had the deepest insights about how these individuals felt | |
| -Nevertheless, as discussed in the last class there should be individuals who actually make use of their power in order to create something good, rather than harming OTHERS | |
| -Given our academic background and ability to reflect, wherever we start working those days – we always need to think about whether any of our actions cause harm to OTHERS and if we are responsible | |
| -Yet the question remained where do we draw the line? I remembered session 4 when we were talking about desire and that usually people cheat on each other, because of desiring OTHERS | |
| -I do not want to take a new identity on my new job just to please OTHERS and make them feel god by sacrificing myself-‐ something I used to do before | |
| -This is the last paper/reflection that I am writing in my master program-‐ the last time I will be reflecting on a piece of paper-‐ but this is also the first time I have reflected this much! It is a very good feeling to be able to connect the dots and by looking at my own journey I am able to RELATE to philosophy | |
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| ## Source: SPRING 2015/Dimitrios Mitropoulos - Final Essay.docx | |
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| -Here, I assume you already have a rough idea of who you are, but I also RECOGNIZE the ability of society to corrode you | |
| -At this point, however, I must share that I believe some lives are considered happy because they bring enjoyment to the persons that live them and OTHERS are considered happy because they are enjoyable for that person but also for the people around her/him | |
| -This is not going to be easy once they throw bricks of money and RECOGNITION at your feet but if you are a little like me you have to do it | |
| -But OTHERS, often one too many, you clearly want to do so but there is something inside you that screams “no” | |
| -My fear of our finite nature makes me enjoy small moments to the fullest more often than OTHERS, despite giving me a small panic attack here and there | |
| -And if you want to be able to lead a team of OTHERS looking up to you to come up with the best solution you have to be free and unbiased, able to decide with a clear mind and a pure heart | |
| -This is because they highlight that “meaning”, not in themselves but in the OTHERS around them | |
| -They inspire OTHERS to realize that their lives, their efforts, their slightest achievement matters because it weaves the pattern towards a better world | |
| -Each society at each given time has a code of ethics that might deem some actions noble and bold and OTHERS worth of shame and punishment | |
| -Since there is no “one-size-fits-all” moral code throughout the world for even the most “black-or-white” situations (which would have been nice, since this notion is the foundation for peaceful anarchy) I assume what we need to do is to examine every situation through our own lens, and then consult the opinion of OTHERS of distinct experiences and backgrounds, to see what is it that society nowadays considers right and wrong | |
| -If you want a head start in your journey I would suggest posting “bring no harm onto OTHERS”, “live harmoniously with nature” and “strive for the best for you and the people around you as a whole” | |
| -I do not yearn for the corrupt politician to be beaten to a pulp by the man that was forced into crime because the former, and many OTHERS like him, did not govern by the principals of truth and justice | |
| -Then I realized why this “stupid law” was in place, what was it that OTHERS, more experienced than me, had seen in punishing people with severe fines for something as plain as jaywalking, and why I should refrain from it and encourage OTHERS to do the same | |
| -The majority of criminals are first offenders who have had a relatively crime-free life up to the point where we put them in a cell and gave them a masterclass on the trade secrets of OTHERS crimes, the notion of “once a con always a con” and the splendor of social ignorance and disgust towards them | |
| -In that sense, your actions empower OTHERS and this is the making of a leader | |
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