The Ethical Aspects Of Corn Based Ethanol

For some there is no ethical problem at all. The reason is a completely divergent view of what is 'good' from what has been traditionally understood in the annals of human ethical development. In the new view, what is good for the 'market' and the corporate entities associated with it is considered the greatest good. This has not always been the case in democracies. In Greece, the birthplace of democracy, "The Greek word demokratia is a marriage of demos , the people, and krateein, power or rule." This means that the people rule and have the power. Is that the way it is in the United States?

Of course not. So why all the talk of building democracies? There's a reason and we'll figure it out as this blog runs its course.

The ethanol initiative is completely at odds with every major humanitarian theme revealed in traditional religions and humanistic philosophy. It is an inimical concept when applied to what the American experience is said to be. It is at odds with the values that are found to arise naturally in the seat of human self knowledge. It is a pernicious undertaking that seems to be hell bent on the destruction of the human being as we have always known him / her.

The abandonment and replacement of traditional moral / ethical constructs allows people to make administrative decisions such as the ethanol scam. For Christians, Jesus' idea was to treat others well, to seek their good. Buddhists have developed 'compassion' for others as the logical consequence of their way of life. Judaism requires that 'the stranger' you meet should be treated well, because his needs require it. It is often stated in the Old Testament that you should do well to 'others' because you were in the same boat at one time and God had mercy on you. Read the way this new, political morality plays out.

Compare it to the traditional views that have been with the human race from time immemorial.

This is a good video on the topic and shows you that you have a right to speak up.

The poor, of course, will always be hurt the most by this novel moral paradigm that has taken over the processes of the world.

There's more and it's not nice.