Perhaps the commonest form of argument about morality and values generally, is to address some problem (real or made up) on the basis of practical, common sense "realism" - with the aim of ameliorating the problem: improving, albeit not eliminating the problem.
From this perspective, there is always work to be done, because the world is full of problems, and these are always urgent.
Yet when we think of fundamental realities, these problems are insoluble, being ultimately due to entropy or evil.
No matter how much amelioration of bad health is accomplished, this is an antropic world so there will be disease, disability, degeneration and death. These may be delayed or improved, but that's all. The problem will remain.
The same applies to evil (so long as the nature of evil is genuinely understood). Sin (unalignment with divine creation) is everywhere, in all Beings, most of the time and ineradicable.
And pseudo-solutions abound and confuse, because any real answer must include ourselves, our selves.
Replacing Men with Supermen, or robots, or computer programmes - not only fails to address entropy and evil, but doesn't even ameliorate; because to replace one Being with another doesn't solve the first Being's problem.
Such considerations fill me with awe and gratitude for the gifts of Jesus Christ. His offer of resurrected eternal Heavenly life is, apparently, the one and only answer to the fundamental problems.
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