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    American Ethics: An Essay

    By Edward E. Rochon

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    A preface briefly discusses notions of why evil exists, and segues to the main argument that ethics, not reason is the best defense against unruly passions. Chapter 1 lays out the Greco-Roman argument defending reason as the shield against unruly passion. We dismiss this, showing that reason deals with definable things, not indefinable sentiments of the passions. The indefinable ethical standards are the shield. We fight lust with ethics not with reason. I divert the argument a bit to go over the origins of Greek culture by contrasting academic with biblical sources for its derivation. I loosely connect the reason argument to an essentially amoral view of the world expressed in Greco-Roman thought. We then show that passion outflanks and deludes reason at every turn, that fighting indefinable passions with definable dependent reason is a bad idea. Chapter 2 comments that faith, hope and charity with truth added to the armory is the armor of virtue against the unruly passions of lust.

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    PublisherEdward E. Rochon
    Release dateMay 10, 2017
    ISBN9781370366101
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    Edward E. Rochon

    I write for my health and the health of the world. Often the cure rivals the disease in grief and aches. My writing career started at twelve when I attempted to write a sequel to Huckleberry Finn but never finished it. My writings have included poetry, plays, a novel, non-fiction and writing newsletters for here and there. Recently, I am dabbling into short stories. Apart from newsletters, nothing has been published in print. I bought an audio recording of one of my poems but threw it away in disgust due to an inappropriate reading by the narrator. 'Contra Pantheism...' was my first eBook. About a hundred eBooks have been published since including some books of verse, and my essays collected into five volumes, and one volume of collected poems. A few other types of literature are on my list of published works. My essays deal with fundamental questions of philosophy as well as natural philosophy (science.) On the whole, my works are as far above the writings of Plato and Aristotle as the material power of the United States is over that of Ancient Greece. I once asked myself if I had ever written anything memorable, but couldn't remember exactly what I had written. I started to check my manuscripts but stopped as it seemed the answer to the question was obvious. Gore Vidal mentioned in one of his memoirs that writers tend to forget what they write and are a bad source to ask about their works. Gore knew a lot of writers. I have not and may have been a bit hard on myself. Apart from self-improvement and maybe making a few bucks, my main goal is to bring about a golden age for mankind. Being a man, this sounds appealing. It is pointless to desist and all small measures are worth the effort. Albert Camus thought suicide the only serious philosophical question. He was a fool and died young. Suicide is a waste of time. The most important functional question is: How do I get what I want? The one question that trumps this is the ultimate question of intent: What should I want? As Goethe pointed out: Be careful what you wish for in your youth, you might get it in middle age.

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