A view from within......

In 1767 the innovative economist Adam Smith advocated the use of an "impartial selector" which he believed was inherent within each of us.; the ability to analyze and critique a position or issue without any emotional attachments that would involve personal feelings. In this way one could be assured of an objective viewpoint free of any emotional or inter-personal restraints. A novel idea that could change how we view the world. I will not go so far as Smith and advocate that this system be the arbitrator of moral and ethical issues, for me God (in the definition of the Judaic-Christian God) is the final arbitrator and judge. Interestingly enough we can look at Smith's proposition of such a selector as well as other manifestations of objective reasoning and conscience as signs of the existence of God, who has fingerprinted us all with the ability and obligation to make moral decisions.

So, having said that, what exactly are my intentions with this blog? To show the hypocrisy in international relations and policy both in other countries as well as within our own. To show that the world is not rational in the way that we think it to be and in fact is in need of change, radical change, in which self-interests are replaced by a common denominator: the common respect and preservation of life. Other primary interests would be personal introspection and interaction with the world as I see it; personal reflection seen from an objective/truthful view.

It might strike some as being odd that I now lay claim to being impartial as well as a Christian, that there may be a contradictory notion in that the two can exist together. I disagree that they are mutually exclusive for if you affirm that morality is objective and that absolutes and truth do exist, then you must posit a moral law giver in order for objective morality to come within being. After all did not Christ say, "I am the way, the truth, and the life"? Either you believe it or you do not dear reader, however one must agree that there are moral underpinnings to every issue, that every scenario confirms or denies a moral quandary; as to who or what provides this moral foundation in which decisions and evaluations must be made is up to you. For me I have already decided.