”Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you.” ~Yoda
” Fear is the mother of Morality” —Neitzsche
mo·ral·i·ty
1. The quality of being in accord with standards of right or good conduct.
2. A system of ideas of right and wrong conduct: religious morality; Christian morality.
3. Virtuous conduct.
4. A rule or lesson in moral conduct.
Morality is further described as…conformity. Lets think back through history. There have been some instittutions that have thrived on the Machiavellian belief of control through Fear. Through instilling fear into its followers..it will bring about morality in all…by forcing conformity by all.
Look at number one above though. whose standards are the set, that will detail the meaning of what is right and wrong..? Are the beliefs in the minds and hearts of those that set these guidelines..in fact moral themselves? or have they( these guidelines)…in some manner come to fruition…only as a product of the machiavellian fears thrusted down upon these so called sage advisors and counsel?