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    Ethical Considerations
    Ethical Considerations
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    Ethical Considerations

    By George Lowell Tollefson

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    One set of rules for all time. Is that possible? If not – if the rules must change – on what basis should be those changes be made?  In this excerpt from George Lowell Tollefson's longer work, Unbridled Democracy, he explores why developing a spiritual awareness is essential to the evolution of a society's moral principles.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPalo Flechado Press
    Release dateSep 11, 2018
    ISBN9781386655787
    Ethical Considerations
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    George Lowell Tollefson

    A former philosophy professor, George Lowell Tollefson is the author of Unbridled Democracy and What Is War?

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      Ethical Considerations - George Lowell Tollefson

      Ethical Considerations

      George Lowell Tollefson

      Published by Palo Flechado Press, 2018.

      While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

      ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

      First edition. September 11, 2018.

      Copyright © 2018 George Lowell Tollefson.

      ISBN: 978-1386655787

      Written by George Lowell Tollefson.

      Also by George Lowell Tollefson

      Spirit as Universal Consciousness

      The Thinking Arts

      Moral Democracy

      Ethical Considerations

      Unbridled Democracy and other philosophical reflections

      The Immaterial Structure of Human Experience

      A Healer of Nations

      The Limits of Reason

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Ethical Considerations

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      Ethical Considerations

      HUMAN beings have received two gifts: courage and understanding. There is nothing else.

      THE world is full of beautiful things: nature, art, fine craftsmanship, the human form. But the most beautiful thing is an open heart. This is not an easy thing to achieve. And few people attain to it. The reason is that one cannot reach such a goal starting from the normal adult condition. The disposition toward an open heart is something kept over from early childhood.

      THE collapse of faith is the greatest tragedy of man. Everything good which has ever come from the human mind has been in some sense a product of faith. Faith is the means of pursuit, knowledge its conclusion. Yet the world is ever pressing in its insistence that fact is supreme. It seeks to convince people that what they conceive in imagination, unless immediately confirmed in the concrete, can never be.

      SINCE facts can be called into question, sincerity is the locus for truth. For this reason, humanity’s hope of salvation in truth lies in relationships, whether with a universal being, a person, or fact. But such is the nature of the world, with its ever-present encirclement of fears, that every relationship has an element of falseness in it. Thus the burning realization is often that there is no truth.

      ALL religious doctrines and scientific laws are questionable in that they are always provisional. Religious doctrines become harmful to the extent that they interfere with spiritual growth. Scientific laws are negative in character to the extent that they are held to be final. Otherwise, both are powerful tools which, like all practical human instruments, must be set aside when better ones are found.

      LOVE is respect. Where there is no respect, there is no love, And nothing can substitute for respect in a relationship between people. Love professed without respect is hypocrisy. The world has been struggling with this simple and obvious fact for a long time. A kingdom of decency could be built upon it. But people repeatedly choose not to because they do not respect themselves.

      IT is easier to recognize selfishness in another person than in oneself. For the judging person can always find reasons for what he does, but not for what another person does.

      MUCH has been said about the selflessness of love. It would be better to speak of the sincerity of it. Where love is sincere, the right balance of self-regard and regard for others will exist. What is more important, sincerity generates an honest character. And where the loving expression of that character is unfeigned, it generates sincerity in others.

      In other words, where sincerity is exhibited among people, trust begins to grow. Where trust exists, there is freedom based upon mutual respect. For where there is mutual respect, there is the ability to act without fear of censure or harm. Where there is such a balance between self-regard and regard for others, love will follow. Where love is exercised, a person can afford to be emotionally honest both toward himself and toward others. He is free to be sincere.

      AN open heart is universal spirit expressed within material limitation. A closed heart, which is the normal expression of material limitation, cannot bear the exposure of a comparison to an open heart. To show such limitation up, to bring it into the light of day, is to announce the deathly progress of a living being. For a closed heart is a limited heart, which is an expression of death.

      An open heart is imagination unencumbered by vanity. It does not seek another’s opinion in order to form its own. It is willing to learn from others, but not to be limited by them. This is an extremely rare condition. But a heart in its openness and unlimited expression does make its appearance now and then.

      THE great ethical works are not only found in philosophy. They are found in literature as well. For literature is inherently ethical. Both philosophical ethics and great literature are concerned with how the good life should be lived. The one supplies principles, the other insight into the human

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