Ethics for Human-living

Ethics for Human-living
Human-being is an entity of knowledge-order, and unlike animals whose conducts are "hard-wired" based on species - the conduct of human-beings seems indefinite due to their ability to imagine. Human-imagination gives rise to plurality of beliefs and ideologies in humankind, and clashes among them become inevitable. Idealistic preaching for building tolerance and sensitivity towards beliefs of others - isn't working. Or more modern suggestion to "celebrate diversity" - is not working as well.

Human-being is a social-entity - or is desirous of living with others. This "coming together" of human-beings is seen in the form of families and professions. In the present environment, families are typically within a community or sub-community - subscribing to a religion. Professions are typically in the form of businesses. Most, if not all, occupations of humankind have got morphed into businesses - where there is a balance-sheet, and an expectation of profit. Needless to say, both families and professions are full of struggle and conflict. Inspite of this, the expectation of harmony is also found to be there in every human-being. This expectation of harmony is there - in every single human-being living in every family, involved in any profession. This expectation is as natural to human-being as growth is to a plant, or flowing towards slope is to water. This natural-expectation there behind all human-acts, inhuman-acts also.

Human-being uses imagination for fulfilling its expectation for harmony. Human-imagination is un-rooted in the purview of animal-consciousness - leading to indefiniteness in its conduct. It's impossible for a human-being to become "naturally definite" in its conduct, while it is in animal-consciousness. Use of "fear" or "incentive" is the only possible way here for getting "desired outcomes" in different situations of families and professions. The "code of conduct" or "ethics" for living in family and in profession remain as ideals. These codes are sometimes "written" and sometimes "unwritten" - and they aim to bring about an "overall decency". In reality, these codes are as shared beliefs of people.

Unless everyone lives with the same set of beliefs (code of ethics) - it is clearly impossible to realize harmony in human-living. Even if all humankind subscribed to a single religion, faith or belief-system - it would not be possible to realize harmony. Universal-ethics for professions and families are impossible to realize while living in purview of animal-consciousness. Universal human-ethics is not a matter of "belief" or "faith" at all! The absence of ethical behaviour in different dimensions of human-living - in businesses, governments, systems, etc is not surprising. Crime and Corruption is inevitable in the purview of animal-consciousness, and no amount of controls and rulings can stop it.

Ethical living is natural-outcome of experiencing in "knowledge of co-existence". Ethical living is about values, character, and morals. It requires change in one's outlook - or pattern of thinking - towards humanness. Ethics can be imparted through education of human-consciousness. Ethics are same for both professional and personal living. The dichotomy of "work versus life" or "professional versus personal" is not there in the purview of human-consciousness.

A human-being realizing ethics alone is capable of guiding and inspiring others for becoming like himself. Human-consciousness is about living a resolved and prosperous life. A teacher who lives with resolution and prosperity alone can enable his students to live in the same way. A teacher who himself is unresolved and doesn't realize prosperity, cannot enable his students for resolution and prosperity.

The key for realization of ethical human-living is consciousness-development. Consciousness-development can happen only through meaningful education. Technical-education alone is insufficient for realization of ethical living. Madhyasth-Darshan is an alternative proposal for realization of universal-ethics in whole humankind through consciousness-development.

Source: Madhyasth Darshan, while studying it.

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