Cracking the Cosmic Code, Part 3

[Note: Part 1 of this series is available in the July 2015 archives, and Part 2 in the October 2015 archives.]

In Part One of this “Cracking the Cosmic Code” philosophical series, I focused on metaphysics, in Part Two I considered epistemology, and in this Part I will turn my attention to ethics, an essential branch of the “philosophy tree.”

Ethics is the branch of philosophy that considers morality: right conduct versus wrong conduct.

In my opinion, the libertarian ethos – self-ownership and non-initiation of force (against others) – represents the ideal moral philosophy. It honors individual rights (including property rights), but with an essential caveat: that one’s rights do not include the right to violate the rights of others. In other words, one should not be able to restrict others from engaging in victimless, so-called immoral activity (such as gambling, prostitution, and drugs), nor be allowed to steal or violate an- other’s property.

The libertarian ethos is in perfect alignment with the U.S. Constitution, but the U.S Government is not. The current U.S Government is, in fact, an enemy of the U.S. Constitution and the libertarian ethos. The current U.S Government is a violent, tyrannical Overlord that un- Constitutionally outlaws victimless, so-called immoral activity, and unrepentantly, forcefully steals from its citizens via un-Constitutional taxes, including the surreptitious one of currency devaluation, which is a product of the perpetual inflation caused by government economic policies (implemented in cahoots with the un-federal Federal Reserve).

One might argue that ethics implies or entails altruism -- sacrificing oneself for the benefit of others – but self-sacrifice is simply an individual choice of behavior, which has no more to do with ethics than its antipode: selfishness. But the corrupt State, unsurprisingly, pushes the ideal of individual self-sacrifice for the benefit of the country, while royally ripping off its citizens and transforming them into a nation of debt slaves, collectively indebted to the astronomical tune of twenty trillion dollars.

The libertarian ethic of self-ownership and non-initiation of force is in no way opposed to the ideal of social cooperation, but it insists that such cooperation be voluntary, meaning that one should not be forced to cooperate with those whose ethics and ideals are anathema to one’s own – and this includes the leviathan State, Big MoFoBro, which forces individuals to cooperate with its un-Constitutional, tyrannical dictates.

To sum: If you crack the cosmic code, your ethics will be at odds with virtually every country’s government – and you will be an enemy of the State.