This particular theory fascinated me and i will ramble upon it...no no no not ramble reflect upon it and give my
twenty three million and twenty six dollars and five cents about it ehhehe
it says that Immanuel Kant in 1785 believed that individuals had equal moral worth in that they were capable of independently deciding right from wrong and acting accordingly. hence, we need to respect people as
"ends in themselves" and we are devaluing them if we treat them
merely as instruments or exclusively as means to an end.
did you get what it mean? ehhehe i think (i only dare to think and it's only my opinion) that in simple words...
don't take advantage of others - dont treat them as means to an end. I kinda agree with this statement...most of us sometimes felt the need to use others to achieve what we want...no matter how we twist and turn, our inner motive will always want to get ourselves in the upper hand. Heheh not that i'm saying it's wrong to do so...it's morally incorrect. There is no
sincerity if we do that.
I admit, i do that sometimes..but not always..there is a limit to it and I surely hate the guilt for using friends. When i was
young-ish..ehehe teenager! ehhe im NOT
OLD YET! (im still youthful) ehehhe and when i reflected upon my life then...i kinda do these things..but now...im sure my friends are not just instruments to achieve what i want...they're there for their own benefit of supporting me in my achieving what i want in life..they are my motivators! ahahah well some would just bring me down...but i dont give a cent to these type of friends...if you can call them friends. ahahha
the fact is...in life...i'd rather have friends who are true in everything..HONESTY! blunt (their words might hurt - but its worth it), straight forward...not beating around the bush...or just say you're doing alright when in fact IM NOT DOING ALRIGHT! ahahaha...well not too harsh on the blunt side and straight forward but enough to make me realise...
my
point is...(do i have a
point?) i dont know! hehehe well let's see...i'm the type of what certain people call spend-thrift...thrifty on the money side...(like to spend money) ehhehe but that's just me....(i think im going off tangent here)...no no i'm not rich...retail therapy more like it. ehhehe shopaholic level zero. ehhehe :) okay..do you see my point? i cant even see my point..ehehe so erghghgh
okay...i'll try once again...the fact is, in life its immoral to use others to achieve what you think will benefit you in the end...an example here. donating blood - you know its good to donate blood because its gonna help others right...but in the corner of your heart you know that you dont really care if its gonna help others, you just want to have personal satisfaction and it's healthy to donate once in a while...(something about your body producing fresh red blood cell - which keeps you healthy or sumthing, correct me if im wrong)...definitely don't do this..don't try to act good because you know by acting good you want to lead others to think that you're good (you see my point?) in other words: be yourself! you don't need to fool others. don't come up with a reason if you don't want to help, don't try to even logically reason that by using your friends for your own benefit is a good thing, (jangan ambil kesempatan - sorry i cant seem to translate this)...hmmm what else...i really like this theory..that's why i'm blogging about it..and giving it my as above mentioned cents..ehehe...
this has nothing to do with people in my life (yeah right!) ehhehe but yea...i'm not writing it about anyone...it might be - but it's just a coincidence...after all i don't know what others are doing and thinking...if they do the above - using others as means to their ends...well my advise is
STOP IT! you're being selfish...
KARIT (roughly translated - stingy) and inconsiderate and incorrigible human being...ahahah okay...
with that....
im done! ahahha actually i'm supposed to read through chapter one in my upcoming Issues in Financial Management exam..but i stumble across this piece of theory in one of the journal articles im reading so...it got my brain started! so i wanna blog about it and i did! and now im gonna end it..and continue studying...i will share if you want to..ehehe
buhbye now!
p/s: i watched nobuta wo produce! and i cant wait to watch again with my housemates :D ehhehe ehehhe after exams..ehehe