Infantilism: The Greatest Ethical Problem in Today’s So-Called Civilized World

The greatest ethical problem in today’s so-called civilized world is neither barbarism, nor totalism, nor nihilism, but infantilism. In other words, the greatest ethical problem in today’s so-called civilized world is not that wrong values are followed, or that one value is promoted at the expense of every other value, or that all values are rejected, but that hardly any true value is treated as seriously as it deserves, while a lot of pseudo-values are treated far more seriously than they deserve.

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“You are what you value. I value: individual liberty, economic common sense, logical rigour, clarity of thought, intellectual integrity and quiet charity.”