RE: What is GOOD?
February 24, 2013 at 1:45 pm
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2013 at 1:50 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Good, who cares? But best? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
-Like you, I suspect that allowing our empathy to drive what we consider to be "good" is tenuous for the purposes of making an absolute determination. This allows for a range of "good" as broad (and potentially contradictory) as the range of human empathy. Personally, though, I'm okay with that, as I'm not an absolutist - nor do I require that any concept of "good" be absolute, nor do I require that moral or emotional descriptions of things like "good" be non-contradictory. I'm okay with working from agreement when agreement is the most pragmatic course of action (even this allows wiggle room doesn't it - who doesn't like a little wiggling?).
-Like you, I suspect that allowing our empathy to drive what we consider to be "good" is tenuous for the purposes of making an absolute determination. This allows for a range of "good" as broad (and potentially contradictory) as the range of human empathy. Personally, though, I'm okay with that, as I'm not an absolutist - nor do I require that any concept of "good" be absolute, nor do I require that moral or emotional descriptions of things like "good" be non-contradictory. I'm okay with working from agreement when agreement is the most pragmatic course of action (even this allows wiggle room doesn't it - who doesn't like a little wiggling?).
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
