tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815413950474947699.post5038912043776505798..comments2018-05-12T09:04:30.028+09:00Comments on Living as a member of Japanese society.: Eastern Vs Western IdeologyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815413950474947699.post-1169780117923973842010-12-24T16:55:06.593+09:002010-12-24T16:55:06.593+09:00Its' a matter of preference of how you want to...Its' a matter of preference of how you want to deal with existence, do you want to get a better life in the next lifetime or lived now in the present. But i am biased since I believe that suicide is a cop out and in my opinion it takes more courage to deal with the problems present. In other words, it takes more guts to take confront your problems at present and overcome with courage and tenacity. My questions are “At what point are you going to stop running from problems? Waiting for perfection? Suffering, hardship, tragedies, and death affects everyone, at one point you mentioned suicide is a selfish act.<br /><br />The liberal view is that no one should intervene or judge any culture regardless of your opinion, the recurrring theme is leave them alone and let them govern their own culture. There is no standard right or wrong, it’s up to the culture to define it. Then is there absolute morality, there is a standard of right and wrong regardless of any culture, its universal law. There is also situational ethics, every moral decisions depends on the context. No wonder there is so much morality issues around the world, everyone have their own version of justice and ethics. If one cultures enforces slavery and oppression of women, who can judge them? In theory and practice are two different ways of looking at it. If there is no standard of right and wrong universally, Why should i be moral? The fact that one can argue in a society full of barbaric acts, rapes, and suppression of women and then call them moral upright by their own standards, scares me. But that is actually something very real in some parts of the world. So one have to define justice, right and wrong. The fact you can create a rule of "No one can judge any country" is an absolute statement itself. <br /><br />i I can understand self-sacrifice and wanting a better life and courage to stand in eye of storm, the question I want to dig in "How do you define happiness and at what point is that enough?" Endless reincarnation? or Can suicide be considered a honor and courage to break the cycle of violence, war and bring peace?<br /><br />One last question I have found online: As Dostoevsky famously wrote "If God doesn't exist, everything is permissible".<br />But does it make sense to say that if there's no God, there's no such thing as morality?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com