Loyalty October 16, 2006
Posted by Martin in : General Rants, Weird Crap , 1 comment so far[Non-objective Entry]
Greetings, dear reader. This forthcoming article will speak of the concept of Loyalty, in the ever-common context of relationships – specifically, romantic relationships. This will hopefully be a break from the deep philosophical mumbo-jumbo that you probably know little of, but I doubt it.Now, into the fray.
Loyalty.
By formal definition – “faithful adherence to a sovereign, government, leader, cause, etc”.
Now, most contemporary human beings would rank this virtue quite highly, in the context of relationships, of course. Why? Why, rational self-interest, of course; this stems largely from the cultural proliferation of monogamy, but I digress.
So. As one might notice, formal, dictionary definitions hardly represent modern culture and common opinion, so, I am compelled to rephrase it. Loyalty in our current society and context in, in all simplicity, fidelity and faithfulness to one’s partner, and abstinence from other relationships, physical or otherwise; stick to one, bother not with the others.
This somehow begs the question: “Why be loyal? What he/she doesn’t know won’t hurt him/her, right?”
Well, to a certain degree, yes. However, it is vastly improbable that the partner will not know of your bullshit escapades in due time, and this makes “fooling around”, in turn, mere self-incrimination. Loyalty and Fidelity are likely to promote personal and relational growth more efficiently than “playing”, thus making it a greater good.
Fooling around with extraneous partners may be considered as “not good” by both religious and secular moralities, hence, it is inadvisable to do so. Why?
1) God doesn’t like it. *fear*
2) It may bring greater happiness to a greater number, but keep in mind that there is a hierarchy of pleasures involved in utilitarianism, thereby debunking that justification.
*Exit cold Logic mode*
… Come on. If you enter into a serious relationship, then why the hell would you go around with extraneous partners? Any who engage in these activities are effing self-contradictory; that’s no serious relationship, har-har.
The fundamental constituent of the majority of relationships to date is trust. Therefore, if one engages in relations with extraneous partners behind the other’s back, it follows that one betrays the partner’s trust. Following that, betraying trust would be tantamount to obliterating the mutual pact that keeps the two of you together. I wonder how long that’s gonna last, hmm?
Also, chances are, you’re a Christian! Think of the future pain that you shall cause your oblivious partner, all in the name of your hedonistic, overly self-centered practices. You ravenous beast, you. How overtly immoral of you. You’re going to hell! *more fear*
*enter cold Logic mode*
See, reader, the betrayal of trust in this context is very, very, very disadvantageous to the self. In economic terms, you’d get gross gain, but have net loss. Now that sucks, mind you.
I’d advise you to do what’s best for you and your fellows in society, but you probably won’t listen anyway.
