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Old 07-10-2009, 09:56 PM   #20
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Ghandi said that You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Whenever I feel like I'm taking on some Sysiphian task, that the world could never change, I think of that quote and it makes me smile. If I live by that motto then every day I exist is a day that its worthwile, that I've lived with honour and integrity. No amount of money or corporate fearmongering can ever take that away
It IS a good motto. And the world would be a better place if we all lived by it. But it's not enough. A lot of things in this world is not something we as individuals can do anything about.

I think that Gandhis deontological ethics is liberalisms wet dream. Because as long as we say it's up to the individual to buy organic food, to use a more environmentally safe detergent and so forth, we actually forget the real culprits. It's difficult as a citizen to make informed choices when things aren't transparent. So we can live in wonderfull bliss and be as Ghandhi-like as possible while the company we work for, at the same time, perhaps causes thousands of deaths directly or indirectly. It was just not transparent to us. So I think this motto is great at some level (for individuals) but that we at the same time have to have some serious regulation to ensure transparency.
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