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since the quality of honesty applies to all behaviors, one cannot refuse to
consider factual information, for example, in an unbiased manner and still claim
that one's knowledge, belief or position is an attempt to be truthful. such a
belief is clearly a product of one's desires and simply has nothing to do with
the human ability to know. basing one's positions on what one wants — rather
than unbiased evidence gathering — is dishonest even when good intentions can be
cited — after all even hitler could cite good intentions and intended glory for
a select group of people. clearly then, an unbiased approach to the truth is a
requirement of honesty.
because intentions are closely related to fairness and certainly affect the
degree of honesty/dishonesty, there is a wide spread confusion about
honesty--and a general belief that being dishonest means that one always
correctly understands if their behavior is either honest or dishonest.
self-perception of our morality is non-static and volatile. it's often at the
moment we refuse to consider other perspectives that there is a clear indication
we are not pursuing the truth, rather than simply and exclusively at the moment
we can muster up evidence that we are right. socrates had much to say about
truth, honesty and morality, and explained that if people really understood that
their behavior was wrong — then they simply wouldn't do it — by definition.
unfortunately, honesty in the western tradition has been marginalized to
specific instances — perhaps because a thorough understanding of honesty
collides with ideologies of all types. ideologies and idealism often exaggerate
and suppress evidence in order to support their perspectives — at the expense of
the truth. this process erodes the practice and understanding of honesty. to an
ideologist the truth quite often becomes insignificant, what matters most are
their ideals and what ever supports their desires to enjoy and spread those
ideals.
human beings are inherently biased about what they believe to be good due
to individual tastes & backgrounds, but once one understands that a
decidedly biased approach to what is true — is inherently dishonest, one can
also understand how idealism and ideology have poorly served the quest for an
honest, moral society. both honesty and morality require that we base our
opinions about what is good — upon unbiased ideas of what is true — rather than
vice versa (determining what is true based on what we feel is good) — the way
all ideologies would have us believe.
consider factual information, for example, in an unbiased manner and still claim
that one's knowledge, belief or position is an attempt to be truthful. such a
belief is clearly a product of one's desires and simply has nothing to do with
the human ability to know. basing one's positions on what one wants — rather
than unbiased evidence gathering — is dishonest even when good intentions can be
cited — after all even hitler could cite good intentions and intended glory for
a select group of people. clearly then, an unbiased approach to the truth is a
requirement of honesty.
because intentions are closely related to fairness and certainly affect the
degree of honesty/dishonesty, there is a wide spread confusion about
honesty--and a general belief that being dishonest means that one always
correctly understands if their behavior is either honest or dishonest.
self-perception of our morality is non-static and volatile. it's often at the
moment we refuse to consider other perspectives that there is a clear indication
we are not pursuing the truth, rather than simply and exclusively at the moment
we can muster up evidence that we are right. socrates had much to say about
truth, honesty and morality, and explained that if people really understood that
their behavior was wrong — then they simply wouldn't do it — by definition.
unfortunately, honesty in the western tradition has been marginalized to
specific instances — perhaps because a thorough understanding of honesty
collides with ideologies of all types. ideologies and idealism often exaggerate
and suppress evidence in order to support their perspectives — at the expense of
the truth. this process erodes the practice and understanding of honesty. to an
ideologist the truth quite often becomes insignificant, what matters most are
their ideals and what ever supports their desires to enjoy and spread those
ideals.
human beings are inherently biased about what they believe to be good due
to individual tastes & backgrounds, but once one understands that a
decidedly biased approach to what is true — is inherently dishonest, one can
also understand how idealism and ideology have poorly served the quest for an
honest, moral society. both honesty and morality require that we base our
opinions about what is good — upon unbiased ideas of what is true — rather than
vice versa (determining what is true based on what we feel is good) — the way
all ideologies would have us believe.
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