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Ethical manifesto
I've decided to take the option of writing a personal ethical manifesto.
I am a North welsh man living in post-modern Britain and this is my personal ethical manifesto.
I specify this for good reason before starting. Because in the finer details of ethics, it may well be civilization-dependent. Being a child of the west's teaching I can only speak from our angle. Upon that clarification.
My influences are too numerous, but of considerable noteworthiness are as follows: The Old Testament, The Iliad by Homer, The Republic by Plato, Old welsh folklore, Hieronymus Bosch, Joseph de Maestra, studies in pessimism by Arthur Von Schopenhauer, Carl Jung and Andy Warhol.
I will draw from some of these artists, writers and thinkers throughout the text.
Now to deconstruct, reason, justify and examine these three points.
The linear conception of time is that which's held the most sway since the era of the late western roman empire before it's complete collapse. However, it's shape has changed as we've come to more secular times since the rise of industrialism. The model believes that time is a line. with a beginning middle and end. However with early Christians and indeed Christian traditions for the next thousand years we can understand that these people did not truly believe it was 'the end'. These people were certain of an afterlife and some divine continuation, though what was next they couldn't be certain. With the rise of atheism, individualism and industrialization this line was shortened to truly be the end. The result I'd argue is we see the turn around on projects has gotten far shorter. Cathedrals which would take hundreds of years to build are a thing of the past other than one in Spain. Which may not even count since Spain is still very strongly catholic and so, are not at the same point as us post-protestant nations.
I would argue the lack of doing things for the future, lack of ambition to make long-term plans is a great disadvantage for the modern west. It also, in my view, is one of many, many factors why we're so much sadder than generations past.
to contrast, the older conception which can be either cyclical or a spiral, can be seen across global cultures from the western view of 'ages of spring, summer, autumn and winter' where every age will last a few hundred years. In India they have a similar idea, which is that of the Yugas, where every stage lasts tens of thousands of years. That we live in a great cycle of creation and destruction.
The ones to help me reach these conclusions were Julius Evola and Hilma Af Klimt.
Another figure who helped me take this idea a step further was Joseph De Maestra. Specifically this very poetic quote
"the whole earth steeped in blood is nothing more than an immense altar, on which every living thing must be sacrificed. without end, without restraint and without respite. Until the consummation of the world, the extinction of evil and the death of death." which outlines how we must always make sacrifices. And this model of time gets in the way of that, therefore I must step over it.
I specify this for good reason before starting. Because in the finer details of ethics, it may well be civilization-dependent. Being a child of the west's teaching I can only speak from our angle. Upon that clarification.
My influences are too numerous, but of considerable noteworthiness are as follows: The Old Testament, The Iliad by Homer, The Republic by Plato, Old welsh folklore, Hieronymus Bosch, Joseph de Maestra, studies in pessimism by Arthur Von Schopenhauer, Carl Jung and Andy Warhol.
I will draw from some of these artists, writers and thinkers throughout the text.
- Reject linear conceptions of time.
- Do not promote liberal thinking and/or conceptions of the world. Whenever possible: reach for ancient knowledge.
- While it's admirable and heroic to conquer nature, never let pride seep in. we're in nature orchestra, not it's conductor.
Now to deconstruct, reason, justify and examine these three points.
The linear conception of time is that which's held the most sway since the era of the late western roman empire before it's complete collapse. However, it's shape has changed as we've come to more secular times since the rise of industrialism. The model believes that time is a line. with a beginning middle and end. However with early Christians and indeed Christian traditions for the next thousand years we can understand that these people did not truly believe it was 'the end'. These people were certain of an afterlife and some divine continuation, though what was next they couldn't be certain. With the rise of atheism, individualism and industrialization this line was shortened to truly be the end. The result I'd argue is we see the turn around on projects has gotten far shorter. Cathedrals which would take hundreds of years to build are a thing of the past other than one in Spain. Which may not even count since Spain is still very strongly catholic and so, are not at the same point as us post-protestant nations.
I would argue the lack of doing things for the future, lack of ambition to make long-term plans is a great disadvantage for the modern west. It also, in my view, is one of many, many factors why we're so much sadder than generations past.
to contrast, the older conception which can be either cyclical or a spiral, can be seen across global cultures from the western view of 'ages of spring, summer, autumn and winter' where every age will last a few hundred years. In India they have a similar idea, which is that of the Yugas, where every stage lasts tens of thousands of years. That we live in a great cycle of creation and destruction.
The ones to help me reach these conclusions were Julius Evola and Hilma Af Klimt.
Another figure who helped me take this idea a step further was Joseph De Maestra. Specifically this very poetic quote
"the whole earth steeped in blood is nothing more than an immense altar, on which every living thing must be sacrificed. without end, without restraint and without respite. Until the consummation of the world, the extinction of evil and the death of death." which outlines how we must always make sacrifices. And this model of time gets in the way of that, therefore I must step over it.
Now to point two.
I put forth that Liberalism, it's ideas and their tendency to make societies less disciplined, more short term and more individualistic are what lay at the west's problems today. The tower of babble mentality that we can just make ourselves gods and fix all our sins with technology once we ascend is only going to end as prophesized in the old testament in my view. Weather it comes at the hands of economic collapse with what's going on currently in the world, or Climate change. Direct examples can be Australia, from humans interfering with it's natural balance by bringing in new animals and wrecking it's eco system. to the Australian wildfires which made the sky look blood-red like something out of a Bosch painting or as a divine punishment upon the Pharaoh. And what was it's real cause? Liberal, materialist governments thinking they can put out fires every year across Australia and not foreseeing that a build-up of dead foliage and wood which should be burned away in many small fires will just keep amassing. Until of course, one day it creates a fire so large that they can't put it out. And once that fire burns, it will burn so unnaturally hot that it will burn away the top soil. leaving the areas barren and dead, nothing will grow there now for many decades at the bare minimum.
While this is all horrible, I can't shake off agreeing with Hieronymus Bosch that the world is rife with sin and we get exactly what we deserve so often. metaphorically speaking: Instead of trying to make towers of babbles to look for god in the clouds. we should be looking within.
I put forth that Liberalism, it's ideas and their tendency to make societies less disciplined, more short term and more individualistic are what lay at the west's problems today. The tower of babble mentality that we can just make ourselves gods and fix all our sins with technology once we ascend is only going to end as prophesized in the old testament in my view. Weather it comes at the hands of economic collapse with what's going on currently in the world, or Climate change. Direct examples can be Australia, from humans interfering with it's natural balance by bringing in new animals and wrecking it's eco system. to the Australian wildfires which made the sky look blood-red like something out of a Bosch painting or as a divine punishment upon the Pharaoh. And what was it's real cause? Liberal, materialist governments thinking they can put out fires every year across Australia and not foreseeing that a build-up of dead foliage and wood which should be burned away in many small fires will just keep amassing. Until of course, one day it creates a fire so large that they can't put it out. And once that fire burns, it will burn so unnaturally hot that it will burn away the top soil. leaving the areas barren and dead, nothing will grow there now for many decades at the bare minimum.
While this is all horrible, I can't shake off agreeing with Hieronymus Bosch that the world is rife with sin and we get exactly what we deserve so often. metaphorically speaking: Instead of trying to make towers of babbles to look for god in the clouds. we should be looking within.
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