Rethink, Rather deep point you are raising, but there is no cut and dry answer to this dilemma. I would say 'it depends'. One could say ethics is important at any cost, but in reality s/he would be asking 'at what cost' if pushed to the limit. These are some line of thoughts that comes to mind, if it helps you in your exploration(some could be contradictory to each other):    - Everyone in the world desires to live with some sense of dignity, some sense of pride. And one must follow that. At end of the day, it's priceless. - Yes, that pride depends upon your perspective: One who is very conservative about sex may call a 'playboy' kind of guy a prostitute, but that guy could call the other one an eunuch.   -  There is a limit to everything, even for ethics on how far you should take it.  - You need to live in some sense of harmony with your surrounding, no matter how stupid your surrounding is.   Basically you need to fit in the herd. Remember, Socrates was poisoned even though his thoughts were damn right (now my perspective). - Survival for the fittest. If your ways are too unfit for the time and space where you live in, nature will deselect you from continuing any further.  No literal application of Vedas or Bible in this day and age.  - Have a judgement to identify what is means & what is end. - i.e. If you are in senate with all the corrupt colleagues, you will not rise above without saying what they like to hear. And without that you can never get to that presidential office such that you'll at least have potential to now actually make some changes.  Last edited: 22-Oct-13 01:15 PM

IDK2013 · Oct 22, 2013 1:12 PM

Does Darwin's Theory of Survival of the Fittest applies to human? I thought where intelligence comes in play, we can change the course of nature. Otherwise, what is the difference between being human and animal?

ujl · Oct 22, 2013 4:42 PM

Yes, it does. Never forget, we are in animal kingdom. We certainly do have higher intelligence, but we are part of the same natural system. Some people may think very (too) special about human just because some vague consciousness, but we follow the same predator/prey dynamics. If it helps, think of it in a mass of people, everyday. Some are preyed everyday by other people. Just different stage, it's the same drama that goes on between humans. 

IDK2013 · Oct 23, 2013 3:27 PM

http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pag...

ujl · Oct 23, 2013 6:00 PM

http://www.ekantipur.com/np/20... I think this is one of the most critical events that we all Nepalese are witnessing in our lives. This guy is the real hero. After climbing up to this most lucrative profession, one needs heck of a gut to do what this guy did.  Rethink, this story reminded me of your thread. Now this story raises question of how far can we go, and also how far SHOULD we go. 

IDK2013 · Oct 26, 2013 7:58 AM