Of practical stuff.

Say you had a disease. A deadly one. Something that would kill you in perhaps 3 months. But a cure is available. How much are you willing to pay? ten thousand? a million? Or what if it was someone else who have that disease. A friend or a close kin. How much then are you willing to pay? Do there come a point where that life is considered less worthy than the amount paid?

Just felt this article highly disturbing.

I always know such stuff existed. For 'practical' reasons we have to put costs on lives. So Warren Buffet or Cristiano Ronaldo are probably worth more than this 'unworthy' life of mine. And i could be sure to be saved after they are, say in the improbable chance that we meet in a traffic accident. The root of all these problems to me isn't the valuation of life, or the rationing of healthcare. But pragmatism, practicallity. The determination of values and costs against the practical gains or losses.

And the best thing about pragmatism is that you couldn't argue against it in a practical or logical way. For it pure logic itself. I couldn't say that "Hey, I'm worth just as much as them!" for they would show me the figures and numbers and charts and graphs showing that i am a million time less worthy than them. What about my worth to my friends and family, you say? They say "Sorry, but they are just as inconsequencial as you are". And you ask, "Who then, determines all this figures". And they'll tell you, "You did".

Its like the so-called value of 'loyalty'. How could any country, association, or business expect that now that the principles of business are founded on pragmatism. Could one be loyal to a company, when all they tell you is to strive for larger profits, for the company? Will one not strive for larger earnings for oneself? How could a C****** ask for loyalty, when schools teach pragmatism from young. Meritocracy you say. Meritocracy works both ways, it means that an organisation is able to choose from the best of its applicants. And a applicant is able to choose from his offers. So if a ship is sinking, pragmatism means one should abandon ship and hop on to the next one, even if its not the same ship anymore.

Ethics, Values, Loyalty, sense of belonging. All these arises from ideals, not pragmatism. Can i call a place home, if i do not see it as more than a lodging like any other. Can i have respect for any other, if i do not believe that they are more than worthy for it. Can i stick to an organisation in hard times, if i only see it as a place i work in?

I'm an idealist. But i could be practical if i need to, and ruthlessly so. But for now, i choose not to be.

Dreaming on.