Giving Names Poem by Zyw Zywa

Collection 'Short Sermons' --- ETHICS, SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS: Ethics is something human. It orients people towards a group or a greater whole to which they belong. For example, your family, the city where you live, humanity or the universe. In the context of your family and the city, ethics has a social function, in the context of mankind and the universe, ethics has a religious function. --- PROS AND CONS, GOOD AND BAD: The world is not rigid. Groups and larger wholes are constantly changing. So the ethical views of people inevitably change. There are always deeds that are both 'good' and 'bad' for the group or the whole. For example, the construction of a motorway; for example, abortion. It is not only about whether there is a conflict between the interest of an individual and the interest of a group or of humanity, but above all, it is important that in such cases there are both pros and cons. The latter means that both options are apparently important for the group or the whole. From tradition and conservatism, one choice can be labeled as 'good' and the other choice as 'bad', but these labels are not helpful for those involved; it is better to name the possibilities rationally with their pros and cons. Ethics is the social and religious search for a good balance. That is functional for an individual. And sometimes you are left with an unsatisfactory mix of pros and cons, which in a given situation does not lead to a decision that is unambiguously the best.