Among Christians the word “parable” is often associated with the teachings of Jesus in the Gospel, but the word and its principle can also stand on its own. The idea behind a parable is simple – teaching by example often leads to clearer understanding and better decision-making. So even though the focus of this article is how to respond to the incessant calls that we must “take action to address climate change,” this article begins with the guidance of a parable on a different subject.
*** The Parable of The Good Doctor ***
Imagine a scenario in dystopian society which begins as follows. A doctor is visited by a patient who says “I have a headache.” Now this may not appear to be a vexing problem to us, but in this made-up dystopian society, the problem is dreadfully complex.
Unfortunately, in this imagined society, a small group of people called the Ruling Elite have overtaken control of the government. Their philosophy is guided by an adaptation of the teachings of Friedrich Nietzsche, who authored several texts including “Beyond Good and Evil” and “On the Genealogy of Morality”. For those unfamiliar with Nietzsche, a lecture by Professor Michael Sugrue, serves as a captivating introduction. To orient the reader to what is meant by the term “Nietzschean Philosophy”, consider the following excerpts of Professor Sugrue’s lecture.below:
*** “Nietzsche wants to provoke us to a sort of Atheistic heroism which replaces religion with art.” – Prof. Michael Sugrue ***
Prof. Sugrue states: “Nietzsche viewed himself as the end of the Western intellectual tradition… He called himself the Anti-Christ more than once, and he wrote a book called ’The Anti-Christ’. And what he hoped to do was to get beyond Christianity. He quite literally thought that he was going to supplant Jesus in the Western Tradition, which is quite a tall order… He wanted to offer a new set of values. He wished to offer a new cultural orientation to the West, or perhaps to revive an old cultural orientation in the West. And he wished to make us confront the half-truths, the lies, the evasions, that are characteristic of almost everyone’s life and thought…”
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