Giving your body to faith is serious business

Terrence 2022-04-21 09:02:33

Digression When I was a freshman in high school, there was a young political teacher. Female, just graduated from university. In order to give us a better understanding of "value" and the content of the transaction, I took us to watch an American movie called "Immoral Transaction". I was very impressed. Due to the "social and political background" at the time, the school did not allow us to read it. Now that I think about it, it makes sense for the school to do so. Back then, when we were in adolescence, we were only interested in the bed scenes in the movie, and we didn't understand the teacher's intentions at all. Times have changed, and now I enjoy the film from beginning to end, only to find that the drunkard's meaning is no longer drunk. Maybe I was wrong, maybe the teacher was wrong. Transaction: It refers to the exchange value between the two parties using currency as the medium. It uses currency as the medium, and the exchange of items and items is not a transaction. Morality: Take the evaluation of good and evil as the standard, and rely on the power of public opinion, traditional customs and people's inner beliefs to adjust the sum of the behavioral norms of the relationship between people. I still remember that a girl told me a story about an orangutan to describe the process of morality. Now that I think about it, this is indeed the case. Morality is the reaction of social material conditions and a social ideology determined by a certain social and economic basis. The nature of the social and economic foundation determines the nature of various social morals, and what kind of economic foundation there is will have what kind of social morality. And in the social and economic relations in the dominant class, its morality must be in the dominant position. Changes in social and economic foundations will inevitably lead to changes in social morality. It can be said that interests are the basis of morality. Trading is not good or bad, only success and failure. Morality is also just a code of conduct within a larger environment. When you are accustomed to lighting cigarettes in smoking places in public places, you are used to giving up your seat to the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled on the bus, and you are accustomed to go back to your home and walk beside your woman when you get off work. All of this is the result of moral restraint on you. No one can say whether these habits are good or bad, because they are the acquired effects of society on people. And those who don't develop these habits are also living the same life as you. Everyone is shaped by their own habits that are repeated countless times. Aristotle said that excellence is just a habit. The film "Immoral Transaction" opens with flashbacks, and vividly shows the audience the story of a couple and a billionaire in their memories. And the thread interspersed with the three protagonists is a deal - $1 million in exchange for a one-night stay with his wife. Young couples who are privately set for life, rely on each other in a peaceful life. A question they often ask each other is: Did I say I love you? In casino, lucky wife meets billionaire and wins for him Got a million. The beauty of the wife attracts the rich. The rich man is willing to exchange 1 million for a one-night stand with her. After a night of tossing and turning, the wife made a decision to use her body to make a deal with the rich man. The transaction was completed, but the life of the husband and wife changed, and the man's speculation made the woman uneasy. Money bought both the wife's body and her love. The husband got money but lost love. It was clear that the rich had a huge advantage in the deal. The film ends with a fairytale happy ending, as the couple start their lives all over again because they have acquired something more valuable than money, and they still love each other. The story is very simple, and everyone can get what they want from a simple story. Moral constraints aside, I think the story tells us not the dos and don'ts of the transaction itself, but what the transaction brings to people. Obviously, interest is the protagonist of the transaction. After satisfying the needs of both parties, can the transaction bring salvation to the hearts of both parties at a deep level? The rich man understands what love is after the transaction, and the couple know after the transaction that money cannot bring them the feeling of happiness in the past. It seems to me that both sides are big winners in this unethical deal. The value they received far exceeded their original budget. The nature of the social and economic foundation determines the nature of various social morals, and what kind of economic foundation there is, there is what kind of social morality. This textbook sentence reminded me of some details in the film: When the couple was in bed discussing whether it was appropriate to make the deal, the wife said to the husband: What is the difference between this and pre-marriage sex, we are just happy for a while That's it. Then the two covered their heads with a quilt and recalled how many people they had slept with before marriage. This detailed description reflects the morality of people in the developed western economic society. And the act of covering his head with a quilt is very gratifying to see the little sense of shame that humans still have. Interest is the foundation of morality: before a couple and a rich man make a deal, the arrangement of the contract signed by a lawyer even more deeply portrays the moral bottom line between people who pay attention to the world. One of my classmates and good friends said that there is no "there are eternal friends, only eternal interests". I disagree with his statement from a subjective direction. We can never live in a world without transactions, because you can't live go down. As for the value of the exchange, it still depends on your moral bottom line. Every day I have to give my body to my faith in exchange for the desire to live. Fortunately, this is not a deal. What's the difference between this and pre-marital sex, we're just having fun for a while. Then the two covered their heads with a quilt and recalled how many people they had slept with before marriage. This detailed description reflects the morality of people in the developed western economic society. And the act of covering his head with a quilt is very gratifying to see the little sense of shame that humans still have. Interest is the foundation of morality: before a couple and a rich man make a deal, the arrangement of the contract signed by a lawyer even more deeply portrays the moral bottom line between people who pay attention to the world. One of my classmates and good friends said that there is no "there are eternal friends, only eternal interests". I disagree with his statement from a subjective direction. We can never live in a world without transactions, because you can't live go down. As for the value of the exchange, it still depends on your moral bottom line. Every day I have to give my body to my faith in exchange for the desire to live. Fortunately, this is not a deal.

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  • John: [reading through the contract drawn up by Jeremy] Do you want to elaborate on the "Verification" clause?

    Jeremy: Verification? That means you pay even if the relationship isn't consummated.

    John: You mean if I'm impotent?

    Jeremy: It's important for a lawyer to cover contingencies.

    John: I can live with that. The "John Garfield Clause"?

    Jeremy: That's if you die in the act.

    John: I have no problem with that either. Could I have your pen?

    [signs contract]

    John: You're pretty good, you know.

    Jeremy: Thank you.

    John: You should come and work for me.

    Jeremy: Ooh!

  • Jeremy: For a million bucks *I'd* sleep with him.

    [David glares at him]

    Jeremy: ... Maybe not.