REVIEW: Carl G. Schowengerdt — Human Ethics (BOOK)
“I believe that, when we die, we are gone forever as a cognizant organism,” writes Carl G. Schowengerdt, with characteristic bluntness in his new book Human Ethics. “Yet we do leave behind us a legacy of thoughts and actions. That is why it is so important that each of us does our best to make this world a better place for other life, before we cease to knowingly exist. Our structures will disintegrate, our cells will die, our organs will dissolve, our chemicals will decompose, our molecules and atoms will be used by other forms of life for their own nourishment. We will become part of fungi, bacteria, worms, insects, moles, mice, owls, plants, deer and rabbits. The only afterlife we have is to leave behind our genes, and the influences of
thoughts and behavior we have made on other life. We pray that those are empathetic genes and ethical influences.”
He also states, “I believe that the greatest joy in life is the epiphany. These moments of ecstasy do not usually come without preceding prolonged laborious study, curiosity, and great effort to understand unanswered questions. When that epiphany does occur, the doorway to heaven opens, and thousands of previously unanswered questions are solved. The light shines on thousands of solutions which had previously been obscured, but then become clear. The epiphany is the gift that keeps on giving. It is like an orgasm which never stops, providing fulfillment and equanimity for the rest of life.”
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Being able to articulate ephemeral concepts in a decidedly left-brain, gray matter kind of context, Schowengerdt has this incredible ability to highlight aspects of the human condition in a manner fully comprehensible for the widest possible audience. There’s no intellectual gatekeeping here at play, courtesy of intellectually exclusive presentational qualities. Schowengerdt seems personally invested in making sure everyone understands the concepts he’s presenting, after all it is everyone’s collective responsibility to stick to a code of ethics that can work towards a better tomorrow. “I believe that all of life is dependent upon all other life, so that in combination, all of life is one giant organism. If any part of that life system is eliminated, all other parts will suffer. If we do not develop respect for all other forms of life, we become a cancer which can destroy that entire organism of life on this planet,” he writes, also stating the following.
“I believe that morals and convictions as to right and wrong vary from individual to individual, family to family, group to group, neighborhood to neighborhood, city to city, region to region, state to state, nation to nation, and generation to generation. I believe that morals also vary from religion to religion, race to race, culture to culture, and economic status. I believe, therefore, that ethics should be that overriding set of values which applies to all our wildly varying morals. I believe that ethics should be that human value system which most completely promotes the success of all forms of life, each in its place.”
Colin Jordan
