Voluntary morality!

Very GKC! And now I would expand GKC as G.K.Cheeniya! Loving the term 'voluntary morality'.I suppose I fall in the category of the 'reflexive morality' group.

Your key note speaker was just doing what many do. Not practicing what he preaches. I know of a roaring voluntary service organisation with much rules, morals and fellowship. Sadly, we once happened to see a Tata Sumo knocking down a young man while trying to speed a red light. And then racing away not stoopping to take him to the hospital. The irony was, while the car sped past, the rear window had a decal which upheld the moral service values of that organisation.

This is but the way of the world.

 

Nice choice of subject for making one think.. Voluntary morality indeed is the only way people could raise their dignity and stand high apart from the normal crowd.. I think as human beings, we should use our own judgement to decide whether or not to execute an action. Only babies need to be told not to do something, because they are still ignorant of the aftermaths. Also, some of the seemingly harmless & actually harmless break-the-rule activities donot prick any more because it is done so much often - I would think the cellphone & crossing yellow line would probably belong to this category. I guess this is what happened to the notable guest of honour, though I would still like to believe & hope that within the organization he never stepped on anyone's shoulders or risked someone's else's life/career to go up the hierarchy.

 

Dear Sri

That was a very interesting narrative...I just hope the senior member of the organization gets to see this blog. It is very very true that we loose respect for such people.

Gayathri.

 

Dear Cheeniya sir,

A very valued point.

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I liked this sentence very much. Often we see, people preach so many things but when it somes to personal issues they say "rules are meant to be broken". Even the so called NRI as soon as they touch the motherland, they spit, commit nuisance etc on the roadRantThere should be a conscious effort from each individual and men (no offences meant) are the worst in lacking civic sense.

We have a residential school in my neighbourhood. We just cannot walk past the building without closing our nostrils imagine the plight of the kids. The school suthorities decided to put tiles of gods on the compound walls but till date the same is still continuing!!!!!!!!!!

 

Dear cheeniya sir,
That was well said.This post of yours evokes so many thoughts in me.
Sometimes I wonder whether laws were made only for the poor so that petty thieves could be punished and dragged on the road,be pelted with stones by the angry mob,while greater thieves flourish and enjoy adulation and bigger rewards in public life.
As I am penning this to you,my dear Sir,my husband is sitting in the hall glued to the TV where supporters of various parties proclaim ,"We have got so many number of MPs with us" etc.It is an open secret that MPs are being sold and are willing to be sold.What moral right do we have to tell the youngsters ,to be honest and be conscientious and all.Murderers and convicts are happily and proudly presenting themselves,or I would rather say,preening themselves before the entire nation and our national leaders some of whom have impeccable records as honest politicians whose integru\ity is of the highest order can not do anything,they smile sheepishly.
I do not know if what I have written is in relevance to the pointed question you have raised,this issue was in my mind and you have given me an opportunity to share my thoughts with you.
Regards
mithila kannan