INDIVIDUALISM - THE "ME" SYNDROME!!

As I read the book, "The complete Idiot's Guide to philosophy" by Jay Stevenson, it amazes me the effect of being, knowing and ethics on individuals and society. Honestly? I never knew philosophy was this interesting!

Please read the excerpt I have culled out of the book, I have decided to share this because I saw a little of me here.

Individualism is the view that individual rights and freedoms should form the basis of society. Collectivism is the view that the stability of society is more important than individual rights and freedoms.

Me First

The downside of individualism is that individualists sometimes forget how important other people are in their lives. We all need help from other people whether we realize it or not, even if we think we are independent. Say, for example, a person becomes successful partly because of opportunities resulting from personal connections. If this person is an individualist, she is likely to overlook the social connections involved and take the full credit for her success.

Not only might this person be ungrateful, she is likely to be unsympathetic toward people who don’t have the right connections themselves. Individualists tend to look at those who are unsuccessful as being at fault for their lack of success. When they see a homeless or an unemployed person, they don’t say to themselves, “That person needs more help”—they say “That person should have tried harder to succeed.”

This is only one of the problems with individualism. Another is that it encourages people to be competitive rather than cooperative. Individualists tend to be out for themselves, often at the expense of others. Still, this doesn’t mean that it’s always better to emphasize the good of society over the good of the individual.

The above philosophy does not honour God neither does it build growth. If we check ourselves and find we are involved in this we must do an about turn to colectivism