Excellence

Humans, and all organisms really, have sub-conscious and un-conscious mechanisms to recognize Noble character, Excellence, and Beauty in nature.

Organic Life can be divided into two primary classes, Master v Slave, or Superior v Inferior. This could be called “Hate Speech” in Modern terms. Modernity is obsessed with “Equality” because the Slave-caste of Humanity imagines themselves as “equal” or comparable to their superiors. This is a delusive compulsion. A dog may, perhaps, believe itself “Equal” with humans, after living in the same house, giving and receiving love, or other such social interactions. But from the human’s perspective, such a comparison would be refuted. Many joke, as well, that “Cat’s are the Master” of humans. There maybe some truth to such a joke. Because some humans are so low, so inferior, and so de-valued, that they lack the Dignity to distinguish and distance themselves from “Animals”.

Thus there is a hierarchy of ‘Human’ (master) above that of ‘Animal’ (slave). Modern-Liberal-Leftists would try to refute this distinction too, by claiming “Animal Right’s”, or that animals “must be treated humanely”. I don’t necessarily disagree, but, what exactly makes a human humane to begin with? What is the essence of Human compassion, for weaker organism, for stupider, for inferior? Isn’t it because the Human looks down upon an animal, a domesticated cat or dog, a cow sent to slaughter, that this Pity compels the wider human society for Mercy? And this “Mercy” is how Humanity thinks of itself as (morally) superior? Yes, that’s exactly it. It is the Pity/Sympathy complex, sub-conscious, that acts between Human and Animal. And no matter how low a human maybe, subconsciously humans do not see themselves as “equals” with animals or domesticated pets. But rather there is a feeling of Dignity/Pride within, that humans elevate themselves to ‘Humane’ and far above the level of “mere animals”.

With Beauty markers, these analogies are much clearer and readily evident. A Beautiful Woman, a healthy fertile female, is impossible to ignore. But what is the nature of (female) Beauty? Where does it come from? Why does it attract? And what is its function? These questions should be simple-enough and common sense. That a Beautiful woman is the product of superior breeding choices, on behalf of the father and mother. And that within the qualification of Beauty, a heredity can be observed and recognized. Beautiful women represent a Superior breeding-choice. And a Superior breeding-choice represents a deeper level of Intelligence and cognition, or mere-instinct, on behalf of the mother and and fathers who (re)-create Beauty.

Beauty is a function of Preservation of specific sets and types of Genes. I have much more information about this …but perhaps I’ll save that for a rainy day.

The next factor of Excellence, and perhaps the most important, is that of Efficient Behaviors. Humans who hone specific behaviors, are eventually likened to Excellence and Nobility. Star athletes, Heroic soldiers in war, Death-defying acrobats, risk-takers, popular individuals of all types, Craftsmen, Intellectuals, Competitors, no matter what field of activities it is, doesn’t matter, compared to the Achievements within. Humanity is obsessed with Excellence. And, honestly, that is what most or all humans strive for in some means or another. If any human cannot achieve great success or Excellence, then at least, a small fraction of Excellence is still necessary. And it is only within the lowliest of low, the most ‘scummy’ types, rotten to the core, the most degenerate and hopeless, that no Excellence at all can be found. Here’s another interpretation. Even a lowly, homeless bum, will cling to some form of personal achievement in life. And it is within the small struggles of life, that any individual has overcome some small challenge, that a personal Pride and Dignity is formed.

These are the Core Values of humanity, and of life in general. Doesn’t a prey-animal think itself immortal after escaping the maw of a predator? Doesn’t the predator too think itself powerful when it successfully catches a meal? So too do humans become transfixed upon, relatively petty achievements in life, in the hope that they build up to something Grand and Awe-inspiring. Yet that is what life does in all endeavors.

Even Beauty too, the product of sex and reproduction, can and must be included into the same analogy. It is because success and achievements “add up to something” that any man or woman become sexually attracted in the first place. And a woman can admit to herself, “That guy’s successes appeal to me on the deepest levels…”

So Beauty is the spawn of Excellence.

Meno begs to differ, for she holds that there is no SIMPLE superiority. This is likely so, since, though, we are unreasonable to deny that one is better at athletics, or more intellectual, it is rare to find unqualified superiority in any area of existence. Since this is so, you have failed in every way, and must descend into the abyss to weep for your humiliation; that of your mistake in the light of the group. However, as a member of the group, you are also equal to the others in the group, and not worse.

Even animals “sense” feelings of superiority and inferiority. As such, there is an innate Dignity (and hence Morality) in nature.

This is why I believe more in “Objective” morality than subjective. Because living organisms are made to recognize Excellence (/beauty).