THE CONDITION KNOWN AS MORAL EQUIVALENCY

I believe the thought process that leads to the condition known as “moral equivalency” is the result of an individual’s inability to see the world in real terms.

 

Two of the special qualities that separate the human being from other higher forms of life are the human being’s ability to see and understand the world in terms of the difference in the significance of things, and that is under all kinds of circumstances. This is profound, because if things can have different levels of significance by virtue of nature, independent of the human being, this means that nature, somehow and in some way, is built on a system of values that only the human being has the ability to expose and understand. Is not value determined by the significance of something? Is not significance based on importance? Is not importance the foundation of value? Thus, is it not the purpose of “man” to expose nature’s values.

 

I submit it is because the human being possesses the ability to see and understand a world that is based on varying levels of significance that not only exposes nature’s values–these abilities together also establish human value above every other form of life, because no other form of physical existence can rise to the level of performance that the human being can achieve by virtue of these qualities.

 

Thus, it is these unique and special qualities that empower the human being to bring both meaning and purpose into the world, because these qualities together not only establish the means by which nature’s values are exposed and understood, these qualities also establish the standard by which the value of all things are determined.

 

It is only through human existence that establishes both the meaning and the purpose of our earth and the universe, as well as the pathway to fulfilling both objectives. Both are achieved through exposing and understanding nature’s values, and living by those values from one generation to the next, because eventually and inevitably this leads humanity to fulfilling a great, universal purpose–to establish everlasting world peace.

 

Therefore, the purpose of the human being is to act as both the means by which nature’s values are exposed and understood, and to act as the standard by which those values are determined. Thus, it is the purpose of the human being, above everything else, to recognize, accept and openly acknowledge the non-negotiable worth of a human life, because it is only through an overt conscious awareness of such high value, that the human being can understand the state of reality, “nature’s truth,” which is that “all human life is of equal worth.” To act upon this truth, is to follow the pathway that leads to fulfillment of the human purpose, to establish a world of peace.

 

THE WORTH OF A HUMAN LIFE IS NATURE’S HIGHEST VALUE, THE STANDARD BY WHICH ALL OTHER THINGS IN NATURE ARE VALUED.

 

Moral equivalency occurs when that standard of value–the worth of a human life–is diminished, subordinated, or lowered for whatever reason, and if that problem persists for a long enough period of time. The reason is, the worth of a human life is fixed by nature, it is therefore a universal truth, not subject to human interpretation, thus, the worth of life is never a subjective matter, but when this occurs, the worth of life, the standard of all value, both morally and physically, is lost, rendering a world absent of value, which is also to render all things of “equal standing,” a world where life can have no more value than a mere experience.