Humans

Meditations on the Relativity of Ethics

by Albert Prins

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Be Neutral
  3. How Humans Became What They Are Today
    1. The Term Good or Bad
    2. Migration of the Wildebeest
    3. Pandemic and Diversity
    4. Origins of Ethics and Religion
  4. Focus on Group or Individual
  5. Is the Human Also a ‘Group’?
  6. What Is a Human?
  7. Mortality of Humans
  8. The Paradox of Equality
    1. The Dream of Equality
    2. Nietzsche and the Power of Jealousy
    3. The Lesson of Nature: Energy Flows from Unequal to Equal
    4. The Great Paradox: Striving for What Could Destroy Us
    5. Conclusion: Inequality as a Condition of Life
  9. Summary of Some Reflections
  10. How to Convince People and Governments to Handle the Earth Carefully?
  11. Some Interesting Statements
  • Appendices
    1. Appendix 1 – Reactions to Books
      1. “The Revolt of the Masses” by Jose Ortega y Gasset (1930)
      2. “Most People Are Good” by Rutger Bregman (2019)
    2. Appendix 2 – Transport via Digital Coding
    3. Appendix 3 – Putra’s Findings in Selected Podcasts
      1. Spinoza: Substance, Thought, and Impulse Control
      2. David Haig: Genetics, Culture, and the Evolution of Meaning
    4. Appendix 4 – Reproductive Processes
      1. Relationship Between DNA, RNA, Cells, and Genes in Reproduction
      2. Aging Process in Humans
      3. Aging Process in Flatworms
  • Bibliography