ETHICS and the PROGRESSIVE ETHIC

ETHICS and FIRST PRINCIPLES vs. the Progressive Ethic

The Declaration of Independence and Constitution are the basis of the law of our land. They have served us well since the beginning and will continue to do so because they are based in First Principles. Ethics is a first principle.

There’s nothing mysterious about it…

All right then—what are First Principles? First Principles are what IS—everything else is based upon them; nothing exists without them. They cannot be deduced, nor can anything be deduced without them. In Latin: ab initio. They are what in mathematics are called axioms or postulates. You may use givens.

TRUTH is s a first principle. So are the EM (electromagnetic) Spectrum and Gravity. TIME may also be included, as well as PERFECTION. For us, EARTH is a first principle, as are

ETHICS and IMMIGRATION

Our current immigration policy is unethical.

…believe it…

Our immigration system is structured to grant citizenship (or residency) status based on family reunification, needed work skills, or capital investment. It also covers refugees and those seeking asylum based on political persecution and provides as well a lottery for people who have less pressing immigration needs. The procedure for gaining legal immigrant status differs with, among other factors, the path a potential immigrant is eligible to pursue based on employment, education, or family situation. U.S. immigration laws also cover entry into the country for almost any other purpose, including temporary stays beyond a certain length of time.

The first thing to do is to control our borders and enforce current immigration laws

Immigration law is open to interpretation; however, it does provide enough qualifying criteria to be valuable. For instance, not every relative is eligible, and some spouses and children

ETHICS: A TALE OF TWO ETHICS

ETHICS ISSUES: LIBERALISM, PROGRESSIVISM and The Rest

The study of ethics goes back at least to the birth of philosophy some 2500 years ago, with Socrates positing that ethical truth was not only rational but demonstrably absolute. Plato expanded on this thought, and since then countless philosophers have put in their two cents worth with no visible damage to Socrates’s original conjecture. Aristotle’s subsequent metaphysics defined ethics as “virtue as a means to happiness,” opening the door to scholastic conflict and beginning a long history of questioning just what is meant by happiness (and virtue, for that matter). Truth, however, remains sacrosanct despite all assaults (and opinions).

There’s nothing mysterious about it…

The rapid proliferation of newspapers, journals and literary salons in the 18^th Century caused an explosion in mass communication that encouraged public venues where ideas, political and otherwise, could be discussed, developed and

THE LIE of POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

PC: A Progressive Pathology

PC didn’t just happen…IT’S GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN.

Political Correctness (PC) seemed to be merely an annoyance to those of us comfortable with the truth; we assumed that honesty would eventually prevail over its obvious fiction. Well, we were wrong. We failed to appreciate the virulence and potential impact of the Progressive movement—only 15% of the population. The ‘right’ to not be offended has become their trump card. PC has become the new norm, and we hardly notice it.

THE ORIGINS OF PC

PC may have been an issue in China 2500-years ago. Confucius observed that the first thing to do to restore a state to health was to call things by their right names rather than use understatement to distort the truth…

…but the foundations of modern Political Correctness are found in Critical Theory, an early-1900s product of Germany’s Institute for Social Research (The Frankfurt School). Based on Marxist conjecture and underlying thesis that “all history is about which groups have power over which other groups,” its goal was to combine social theory, philosophy, economics and cultural criticism to delegitimize reason in favor of emotion and eliminate the distinction between the individual and the group. It was a deliberate attempt to promote and spread Communism, nothing less.

ETHICS and CONSERVATISM

ETHICAL ISSUES: CONSERVATISM

Conservatism is not a political issue, nor is what follows intended to be a political statement. It’s more basic than that. The foundation for conservatism is history and original intent—a return to the basics, ethics being the most basic. Anyone can do it.

There’s nothing mysterious about it…

Any society needs a system of rules within which its members can operate to the general benefit. These rules are founded in its values and articulated in its privileges. The rules of all successful societies including our own begin in ethics and are adapted to the society’s needs and wishes.

Our own rules trace their origin to a paramount need for freedom. Our laws are founded in a Declaration of Independence from our mother country and empowered by a Constitution written by individuals with a strong ethical and moral base “in order to form a more perfect union.”

ETHICAL ISSUES: PC and RACISM

ETHICS: RACISM AS POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

Racist! An epithet guaranteed to raise hackles on both sides of the accusation. Racism has come to mean ‘whites’ demeaning ‘blacks’ or other groups, a definition worthy of political correctness.

It’s common knowledge that 90-percent of ‘blacks’ voted for Barack Obama in 2012. That bell-curve is skewed ‘way beyond any reasonable statistical degree of probability known to mankind. Is it possible that blacks voted for Obama simply because he is black? Of course it is, and that was clearly the case. This is a classic example of racism, but is

it called such? Of course not. That would be politically incorrect.

The infamous OJ Simpson trial is another case in point. Simpson was clearly guilty of murder—he admitted it—but was found innocent. The verdict was racially motivated, another case of racism. But it