People Are The End, Not The Means
Today, many Organisations, Companies, and People are concerned by what they perceive as the growing danger of division around the world. For that very reason, let’s work even harder to reach out in dialogue based on respect for others, transcending all differences.
Through dialogue that seeks to unite people as global citizens which should be the hallmark of companies, corporations, and organisations. Let us build rainbow brides of peace and coexistence that will adorn the future of our world.
Ultimately, people want to work for organisations that are purposeful. They want their lives to have meaning, and therefore their work to be meaningful as well. For this reason, successful companies will start taking a stand on issues important to their employees and their customers.
TSASI :
(1) What is the wish of an employee?
(2) What is the wish of every employer?
(3) It is that all of us may lead healthy, enjoyable and happy lives.
I’m praying with all my heart for the employee and the employer to achieve a life of joy and fulfilment. That should be the purpose of every company, and organisations, enabling everyone to lead such lives should be their goal.
ASSUMPTA :
A society that values culture is a society that values human happiness. We must teach Africans to see both themselves and others first and foremost as human beings. On this occasion of being a principal of “Babies Todds DayCare,” I raise the children’s awareness of human rights through education.
That is a solid valuable idea. Our schools must teach human rights, our religions must teach human rights, and our Government must respect human rights.
Unless we can build a society that regards human beings not as a means to an end but as the end itself, we will remain forever a society of discrimination, unhappiness, and inequality, a realm of “Animality” where the strong prey upon the weak. We will simply repeat the same pattern, With many employees.
I see the business world is undergoing and needs to undergo profound change. People are leaving their jobs in record numbers, and companies are having to rapidly adapt to swiftly changing markets, shortages of labour and supply chain shocks. Many of them are reevaluating what matters most? And how they can be part of an organisation that can contribute to a mission that aligns with their hearts, with what they care the most about. Our values and sense of greater purpose.
Against this backdrop, there is a growing movement of the world for a new kind of organisation, a new kind of business:
- the one that truly cares about its employees, about its customers, about the communities they serve and the health and faith of the planet.
- A business that supports elevating soulful leaders and a culture of care.
- A business that is purpose driven, that takes a stand on issues that matter.
- A business that values true-telling and inclusion. This is what we call “Value Creation.”
I agree with you. I will also say that we must keep a critical eye on the flaws of contemporary capitalism. There are monthly Masterclasses and Forums held in many countries that address the issue. That’s where our laws, our Governments and our educational systems come to play. I am so joyful that your DayCare, however, is doing enough in these areas.
Human society today is very far from the ideal. But the most fundamental way to approach the ideal is the SGI’s movement of ( Human Revolution.
They promote a way of life where people pray for and create happiness in a world filled with contradictions. Getting ahead at the expense of others is symptomatic of the state of Animality. Human revolution means becoming a person who works for the happiness of both oneself and others.
AssumptaGH
How to inject the human factor, the ( Human Heart ), if you will, in a capitalist economy pervaded by cool headed principles of rationality? An increasing number of leaders in the world are now beginning to realise the importance of the human factor in the economy. Pursuing one’s own happiness at the expense of others, piling up fortune atop someone else’s misery is sheer nonsense. Such an approach should not be tolerated. In this new century we must instead build a society where people seek their own prosperity while helping others to flourish as well. Yes, mutual pursuit of mutual happiness ought to be the norm in this 21st century society. Members of such a society will have to be tender-hearted enough to feel someone else’s pain as their own and willing to do whatever they can for the benefit of others.
What might be called “Global Altruism” must become the universal norm. We have clearly conveyed these points today.
Global Altruism or Effective altruism is widely misunderstood, even among Governments.
A 2019 paper, The Definition of Effective Altruism by Will MacAskill, lists some of the most common misconceptions. It’s aimed at academic philosophers, but works as a general summary as well.
In short, effective altruism is commonly viewed as being about the moral obligation to donate as much money as possible to evidence-backed global poverty charities, or other measurable ways of making a short-term impact.
In fact, the core idea of effective altruism is not about any specific way of doing good. Rather, the core idea is that some ways of contributing to the common good are far more effective than typical. In other words, ‘best’ is far better than ‘pretty good’, and that seeking out the best will have far more impact.
(If I were writing a business book, I would say it’s the ’80/20 principle’ applied to doing good.)
Insofar as people interested in effective altruism do in practice focus on specific ways of doing good, donating to global health charities is just one. As I’ll explain below, a majority focus on different issues, such as seeking to help future generations by reducing global catastrophic risks, or reducing animal suffering by ending factory farming.
And they often do this by working on high-risk high-return projects rather than evidence-backed ones, and through research, policy-change and entrepreneurship rather than donations.
Finally, unlike utilitarianism, effective altruism does not claim that the good equals the sum total of wellbeing. As noted above, it is compatible with egalitarianism, prioritarianism, and, because it does not claim that wellbeing is the only thing of value, with views on which non-welfarist goods are of value.31
In general, very many plausible moral views entail that there is a pro tanto reason to promote the good, and that improving wellbeing is of moral value.32 If a moral view endorses those two ideas, then effective altruism is part of the morally good life
What unites people interested in effective altruism is they pose the question – how can I best contribute with what I’m willing to use to help others? – rather than how they answer that question
Thank you TSASI.
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