Moral Absolutes

Life exists to grow and become more complex. It tries to explore all possibilities, both good and bad. It needs to do these things to survive! It needs to explore the good so that it can find new ways to advance and it needs to explore the bad so that it can evolve defenses against it for its own safety and preservation. In other words life needs to explore everything! Some individuals explore the pleasures of life and some individuals explore the dangers of life. Most of us experience a little of both.

Thankfully we can learn from each other! If we can learn from someone else's bad experience we might be able to avoid those things happening to us. In the same way we can learn from the successes of others and take advantage of similar opportunities for ourselves.

Still, there are some things that might be considered moral absolutes. The first is the need for personal effort! All personal effort is cumulative and adds to the life experience of the individual and in the sharing of those successes and failures adds to the well-being and survival of the human race in general. Lack of personal effort inhibits personal growth and weakens the vitality and life force of the individual and the human race in general.

The recognition of individual rights is vital to individual happiness. This leading by example shows the rest of humanity how to follow its own individual path as well. We all need to see successful people so that we can be inspired to be successful ourselves! Not by doing what they have done, but by doing what we desire! When we see other people achieving their dreams we become inspired to follow our own dreams. The denial of individual rights is an act of violence against the individual and against society. It is easier to destroy what someone has created then it is to create something yourself. The persistent effort of modern society to force individuals into compliance of some higher cause or law ultimately works against the collective good of society by killing creativity and goodwill.

In summary the worst thing a person can do is not even try! The worst thing society can do is coerce individuals against their wills.