It is in your (personal) interests to promote life of all

Morality is defined by life and death: If we kill someone it is wrong, but why?

Does nature provide a form of (satisfactory) justice in and of itself? If we imagine a terrible crime is committed and the perpetrator is known to the "community" and there is no doubt of their guilt... What happens now to someone who (because of the crime or for other reasons) wants to kill them? The death of the criminal would be much less mourned than the death of an innocent person, the community might even be thankful.

So by committing a crime the person has reduced the cost to someone on their life. They could "get away with" killing the person much more easily now.

So bad actions tend to kill the person doing them because they reduce the cost to someone who might kill them (which makes them more likely to do it). So as a course of action it is a good idea to do whatever best promotes life... this will best preserve your life.

Do your best to promote life... It will make you more difficult to kill and make you stronger.



17th February 2009