[April 1999 journal entry]
Thesis: ‘Ethics’ should be approached so as to reflect the decision-maker’s being present and interwoven with those involved with/affected by his/her thoughts/actions. Therefore, ‘ethics’ should be approached so as to recognize the need to maximize one’s capacity to tolerate moral ‘dissonance’ in order to be truly present with those involved with and affected by his/her thoughts/actions. ‘Ethics’ toward the evangelical-to-fundamentalist end of the theological spectrum within the ‘religious’ sphere calls for decisions that avoid moral ‘dissonance’. Such an approach to ‘ethics’ minimizes the ability to be truly present with those involved with and affected by one’s thoughts/actions.
Thesis: ‘Ethics’ should be approached so as to reflect the decision-maker’s being present and interwoven with those involved with/affected by his/her thoughts/actions. Therefore, ‘ethics’ should be approached so as to recognize the need to maximize one’s capacity to tolerate moral ‘dissonance’ in order to be truly present with those involved with and affected by his/her thoughts/actions. ‘Ethics’ toward the evangelical-to-fundamentalist end of the theological spectrum within the ‘religious’ sphere calls for decisions that avoid moral ‘dissonance’. Such an approach to ‘ethics’ minimizes the ability to be truly present with those involved with and affected by one’s thoughts/actions.
