Despite our human differences, the basic values of humanity are surprisingly similar. We may prioritize them differently in different cultures, different people may have different priorities, and we may ourselves change our priorities over our lifetimes or even day to day.
Asking who is right and who is wrong is, I think, a question that won’t get to the goals anyone really wants. It won’t increase any knowledge, and usually won’t change practice.
There's an old saying about relationships: would you rather be right or be happy? More precisely, since we're talking about ethics: would you rather insist that you are right, or work things out between you and improve a relationship?
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What this blog will be about is how we live ethically today -- how we relate to others, how we bring out our own best through stepping back from being right, and working on the relationship and our own inner peace.
