From: metahuman (hidden@lucifer.com)
Date: Wed Nov 12 2003 - 01:04:20 MST
That's not integrity, simul. That's responsibility. Integrity would be Jessica Lynch turning down appearances with Britney Spears and the social rank of "Glamour Woman of the Year" while staying to true to her claim that she is not a hero and just a survivor. Instead she appears with Britney Spears. She accepts the social rank of "Glamour Woman of the Year." She gallops around like a hero while saying she is not. She is without integrity.
Integrity: a strong sense of honesty and morality; firmness of moral and ethical character.
Integrity and hypocrisy can coexist. These are two concepts that are not mutually exclusive. You can have integrity and you can be a hypocrite. The hypocrite does not hold himself to the same ethics and morals that you hold him. He is aware of his rules--of his philosophy--and it is in this way that one can be an honorable hypocrite. For instance, the knight that swears allegiance to his lord yet goes against the will of his lord to save a damsel in distress is a chivalrous hypocrite.
I agree with Erik, but instead of merely providing more words to read, I suggest the Church of Virus remove the entire Sins/Virtues system and replace it with a Code of Ethics. The problem with philosophy is that it is prescriptive and not descriptive like ethics. You cannot force Virians to always have the Virtues decreed by the Church of Virus nor can you ever expect anyone to never sin as far as the Sins of the Church of Virus go. The Sins/Virtues system is expectant even though its caretakers say otherwise. With a Code of Ethics, Virians will hold it much higher in their adherence priorities than with a simple listing of Virtues and Sins "we" consider to be morally right and good to have or not have. Just as Marines are Marines first and humans later, knights were knights first, and held their Code of Chivalry much higher than their religious and political leanings.
It is time this community finally open their eyes and take another look at the system they have accepted as the status quo. There are serious flaws with the Church of Virus and these flaws must be repaired or converted into strengths.
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