Each individual is connected to many other individuals, so
it is important for each individual to be sound in mind and spirit, as a matter
of structural integrity. If one goes down, that degrades the rest, making it
more probable that another goes down, and the problem grows exponentially.
Mutual expectations sustain each other. A strong individual, when properly
integrated into a community, makes for a strong community in turn. But it
becomes important to clearly define what strong means. We want good
self-esteem, but not egotism. We want self-confidence, but we don’t want
unnecessary aggression. And etc.
Humans are to be ends and never means. I say this not as a
philosophical speculation, but a declaration that this is how things actually
work. If you treat a human being as a mean, they will be corrupted to the point
of barely functioning as the original desired mean in the first place.
Respecting an end will generate a means.
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