Common Misreads Of Reality

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Good & Evil, Aesthetics
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Author: Damion Boyd ISBN: 9781310193736
Publisher: Damion Boyd Publication: April 9, 2016
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Damion Boyd
ISBN: 9781310193736
Publisher: Damion Boyd
Publication: April 9, 2016
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

This long essay/booklet will give you a very quick, but educated understanding of how our world operates in error. Often, today, there is looting during a kind of cultural blackout. This essay turns on the lights for you so you can see the background and foreground of our looming collapse in Western civilization.

Excerpt: Survival ethics—Certainly, the most primal urge of all is our will to survive. Survival is a powerful law written into the very tissue of our bodies. Therefore, it gives a primacy, a kind of ethical authority to every health and safety concern. In a world stripped of spiritual safety concerns—of eternal life and death—physical safety takes center stage.
Thus, people can shelter in Survival ethics, not only rejecting all spiritually inspired ideals that might lead to conflicts like war, but also they might feel entirely justified in trying to bubble-wrap the world we live in. You’ve already noticed their worry about cigarettes, product labeling, drugs, bullying, childhood obesity, choking hazards, safety labels and soft playgrounds as they push for more car seats, safer cribs and less unhealthy diets. In a world so full of sharp edges and potential hazards, from a pin prick to international war, Survivalists are a busy crowd.

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This long essay/booklet will give you a very quick, but educated understanding of how our world operates in error. Often, today, there is looting during a kind of cultural blackout. This essay turns on the lights for you so you can see the background and foreground of our looming collapse in Western civilization.

Excerpt: Survival ethics—Certainly, the most primal urge of all is our will to survive. Survival is a powerful law written into the very tissue of our bodies. Therefore, it gives a primacy, a kind of ethical authority to every health and safety concern. In a world stripped of spiritual safety concerns—of eternal life and death—physical safety takes center stage.
Thus, people can shelter in Survival ethics, not only rejecting all spiritually inspired ideals that might lead to conflicts like war, but also they might feel entirely justified in trying to bubble-wrap the world we live in. You’ve already noticed their worry about cigarettes, product labeling, drugs, bullying, childhood obesity, choking hazards, safety labels and soft playgrounds as they push for more car seats, safer cribs and less unhealthy diets. In a world so full of sharp edges and potential hazards, from a pin prick to international war, Survivalists are a busy crowd.

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