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Compassion Morality Thought Process
For Diz or “Dizzy” Ed Dunsmore, my roommate for two years; my last two as an undergradute; his first two in law school You have changed tremendously in the past few months. The taxing load placed upon you by your chosen path has tempered your impulsive and contained your ego against the siren calls of irresponsibility that sing ballads of peace and enjoyment to be found now. Some psychologists, sociologists, and other self-appointed experts on human relations would call this change maturation. But I withhold placing a value judgement, as connoted by the inferred linear superiority of maturity, on this change at this time. I reserve my right to pretend I am objective in that I reject as necessarily good any of the goals or symbols of righteousness as outlined in the innumerable systems of ethics or codes of morals found in the world today. This objectivity provides me with a rather complex rationalization by which I defer indefinitely my own inevitable acceptance of some moral code. At that time I also shall place value judgements on ideas and condemn those that do not agree with mine. If that is maturity, the n I want always to be a child. But maybe if I am strong enough I can hold onto the knowledge that even though I have found a belief that I feel is “right”, it will be “right” for no one else; and that his beliefs are wrong only in that they are inapplicable to my life’s situation, but right when applied to his. Therefore I congratulate you on another step toward the end you seek. |