31 Dec 2012 - Next Time .....

Next time (if I get the chance)

I will take a different stance

Yes, try to be what I am not

And so below unfold my plot) ...



Next time I`ll not turn a cheek

Next time, I shall not be weak

No, next time I won`t weep and wail

For next time round I will not fail



Next time I shall not be late

Next time I won`t hesitate

No, next time I`ll not flounder long

Yes, next time I`ll be sure and strong



Next time I won`t be so small

Next time I`ll walk proud and tall

And next time I won`t hide my face

For next time I will have my place



Next time I shall get it right

Next time I will shout and fight

For next time It won`t be the same

Yes, next time I will win the game



Next time I won`t be afraid

And stay unnoticed in the shade

For next time I will be the one

To shine triumphant `neath the sun



Next time you will hear my voice

Next time, next time I will rejoice

For next time I`ll be brave and free

OH NEXT TIME, YES, JUST WAIT AND SEE! !



(Next time if I can I will

Be all these things, or better still

I`ll stay myself and be content

To live as now, indifferent)

Numbness = A Trait

If something anticipated arrives too late, it finds us numb. Wrung out from waiting & we feel nothing at all. The best things arrive on time

Life ! A tragedy for Poor

Life is a dream for the wise,
a game for the fool,
a comedy for the rich,
a tragedy for the poor.

Laws?

" Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. "

Plato

Do you have relativistic ideas operating in your thought system?

Do you have relativistic ideas operating in your thought system?

Have you ever thought or heard and not challenged the idea,

1)       That we should not make moral judgments of other people?

2)       That each person must make up his or her own mind about what his or her moral rules will be?

3)       That unless you walk a mile in the other person’s moccasins, you can’t make a judgment concerning them?

4)       That while some act might not be morally correct for you it might be correct for another person
Or
conversely have you thought that while some act might be morally correct for you it might not be morally correct for another person?

5)       That each person must make up his or her own morality?

Well, if you answered, "Yes" to any of the above you have RELATIVISTICS ideas operating in your thought system.  

Ethical relativism is the theory that holds that morality is relative to the norms of one's culture. That is, whether an action is right or wrong depends on the moral norms of the society in which it is practiced.

The same action may be morally right in one society but be morally wrong in another. For the ethical relativist, there are no universal moral standards -- standards that can be universally applied to all peoples at all times. The only moral standards against which a society's practices can be judged are its own.

Most ethicists reject the theory of ethical relativism. But even if the theory of ethical relativism is rejected, it must be acknowledged that the concept raises important issues.

Ethical relativism reminds us that different societies have different moral beliefs and that our beliefs are deeply influenced by culture. It also encourages us to explore the reasons underlying beliefs that differ from our own, while challenging us to examine our reasons for the beliefs and values we hold.