PoetPhilosopher
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I've been having some thoughts that I've been experimenting with:
Situation 1: I take the world matter of factly and care about important issues as well as try to be a moral person. Inevitably in the process, I have to take stands as I express my opinion and stand up for others and my own beliefs, and this offends some people of different ideas, or makes them think of me as taking things too seriously.
Situation 2: I simply don't care. In the process, I don't make stands, which gives the impression that I treat everyone equally. I put in no work, and it still draws people to my personality, because they perceive me accepting.
In Situation 1, I really cared about being moral. Yet Situation 2, it may follow some old sayings about how wisdom is holding the peace, and in my personal experience, it really works also.
So finally, the conclusions I make:
1. Morality is a cruise control system. I don't suddenly become more moral by striving harder, and I don't suddenly become less moral by not caring about anything.
2. Sometimes trying to make a difference in the world is a wasted effort. Not always, but sometimes. For example, suppose a group protests a school, and the school having more power, rather than backing down, enforces even more rules on its existing students, to keep them from protesting. Zero tolerance policies.
Situation 1: I take the world matter of factly and care about important issues as well as try to be a moral person. Inevitably in the process, I have to take stands as I express my opinion and stand up for others and my own beliefs, and this offends some people of different ideas, or makes them think of me as taking things too seriously.
Situation 2: I simply don't care. In the process, I don't make stands, which gives the impression that I treat everyone equally. I put in no work, and it still draws people to my personality, because they perceive me accepting.
In Situation 1, I really cared about being moral. Yet Situation 2, it may follow some old sayings about how wisdom is holding the peace, and in my personal experience, it really works also.
So finally, the conclusions I make:
1. Morality is a cruise control system. I don't suddenly become more moral by striving harder, and I don't suddenly become less moral by not caring about anything.
2. Sometimes trying to make a difference in the world is a wasted effort. Not always, but sometimes. For example, suppose a group protests a school, and the school having more power, rather than backing down, enforces even more rules on its existing students, to keep them from protesting. Zero tolerance policies.