Unevolved and Evolved Ethics

The Unevolved and Evolved Ethics introduces two ethics. Unfortunately, for this country and the world, the most dominant ethic today is the Unevolved Ethic. This ethic motivates acts and behaviors that primarily serve the interest, welfare, and good of Self and demonstrate little or no regard or consideration for anyone beyond Self. It drives acts and behaviors that fail to consider impact or consequences except as those acts and behaviors serve Self. This ethic is powered by a morality that is constantly ready to justify, rationalize, explain, and excuse wrong, incorrect, and inappropriate acts and behaviors so long as Self benefits. This ethic is termed "e;Unevolved"e; because it leads society in general, and business, entertainment (to include sports), and politics in particular, into a destructive pattern of self-interest, self-indulgence, power, greed, and avarice. It is the ethic behind every lie, every scam, and every dishonest act. But it is also the ethic that leads to acts and behaviors that are often inconsiderate, thoughtless, and harmful regardless of who commits the act. It is the ethic that can only create divisiveness and competition from the level of individuals to the level of nation-states. However, there is a second ethic also present in the world. This second ethic is the Evolved Ethic. The Evolved Ethic points the way to the right thing to do. It guides and motivates right, correct, and appropriate acts and behaviors and consistently motivates acting on those choices. This ethic is powered by a morality that encourages the transcendence of Self and the interest, welfare, and good of Self in favor of the good of Others and the collective whole. It is this Evolved Ethic that offers the possibility for a better future. The Unevolved and Evolved Ethic introduces both ethics and the components that make up each. It explains how these components come together to form the whole ethic. It provides discussion of each ethic, to include examples and manifestations to support these descriptions. It then provides further exploration of the impact of ethic on fulfillment of needs, wants, and desires. It addresses the impact of ethic on physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being and includes discussion of the concepts of Happiness and Unhappiness. It then covers development of each ethic, to include formation of values and principles consistent with each. It considers the impact of significant influences on ethical development. This points to the role of parents and significant others in influencing developing ethic. Finally, it discusses the three states of ethical development and provides characteristics of each. This then leads to a discussion of the impact of ethic on relationships. It introduces the two types of relationships. These are alliances and unions. It discusses how and why relationships form and how ethic so often leads to their dissolution. It also explains how and why it is unions that offer the possibility of a better way forward for all of humanity. It explains why only through the building of unions is it possible for humanity to leave the divisiveness of the Unevolved Ethic in the past. This discussion of ethics concludes with a short chapter that addresses the impact of ethic on leadership. It looks first at leaders and the importance of leader ethic and then recognizes that followers also have an ethic that is motivating their acts and behaviors. Regardless of setting, it is the ethic of both leaders and followers that ultimately guides and motivates behavior. This discussion wraps up with several topics in which ethic clearly impacts leadership situations. Overall, the Unevolved and Evolved Ethic is about finding a way forward. A way forward to a better future for all humankind as well as all other species and the planet itself. It points the way to a path we can choose to follow if we are only willing and able to do so.