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I'm sorry if you don't like my highly immoralized answers..
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I'm sorry I am not expressing myself clearly. I like immorality - I don't believe in morals. I don't believe it is "better" to do good that it is to do evil. But I choose to do good because I want to create a certain effect in the world.
I neither like or dislike your answers - it's your way of living. But I don't think it would be wise to give up on principles and values before I experiment with them. I want to see how empowering principles can be, and I'm looking for people who do choose to hold on to principles, to learn more about how they understand those principles and how they apply them to real life. But at the same time, I also have great sympathy for someone who does everything to help himself, and who manipulates others and deceives them in a very smart way - a charming villain, a clever thief, etc. Of course, I would try to avoid letting him get his hands on me
, but I wouldn't hate him if he did.
I however want to align myself with love and joy and honesty and cooperation. It is not because I believe in Christian morality - I'm a Taoist - I believe everything is connected, and we are all part of the same energy. But I chose to align myself with certain principles because I believe it is effective. I believe it is an empowering way to live, in a very practical way. At least, that is how I understand what people such as Steve, Steven Covey mean when they talk about principles and values. Do you understand principles in a different way? Can you sometimes be aligned with a principle and sometimes "lay back" and neglect it? Do you still remain empowered if you do that?
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My questions are not hypothetical at all. I do want to join a humanitarian organization. If I know that I am determined not to lie under any circumstances, I should tell them. Otherwise they may ask me a simple thing thing that I will refuse to do, and they will feel betrayed. By joining an organization or a firm, you make an implied promise to serve that firm and to do what your superiors tell you to. They count on you. What if they ask me a simple thing such as to lie on the phone and say that a manager is not in the office when he actually is, or something like that. I can really compromise them and their image if I lie. The may unknowingly put their confidence in the fact that I will tell a small lie, and then, if I refuse, they will have nowhere to go and they will be exposed. I would be treading a fine line with this kind of attitude, so I am hoping to find more clarity. Do you think someone who is aligned with truth would like in such situations? Would you, Steve, supposing you would ever get a job?