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Quote by: Athena I have concerns about being motivated by the competitive spirit, unless one also has a fine since of ethics and honor. Competitiveness without a sense of ethics and honor, can result in some kind of monster that we all may wish had never been born, such as men like Hitler, Bush and Cheney, and this confusion over if water boarding is torture, and if a person can judge if water boarding is torture, if this judgement does not come from the "authority" of Bush and Cheney. |
While I agree, our personal distaste of unethical people gaining strong logic and critical thinking via competitiveness - or shall I say greed and determination to dominate power - does not change the fact that competitiveness can provide these things.
History tells of many evil humans who have been logical and critical thinkers unfortunatly. Just look at the critical thinking involved in warfare throughout man kinds existence.