You should create more and then give more.

It is morally obligatory.

In doing so you take good care of yourself, and appreciate the gift of life — which is morally obligatory.

In doing so you contribute to the world, making it a better place — which is morally obligatory.

 

Why is it morally obligatory?

Take any moral system you want:

–Virtue ethics: in creating more and giving more — you cultivate virtues, develop as an individual,

–Deontology: in contributing only good to others, without imposing it in any way or demanding anything in return — you are “universally” moral

(doesn’t mean you can’t charge for it — but it means you don’t decide for others what is good for them. You just create and give more value — and that VALUE is put out there — universally available for others to benefit from)

–Utilitarianism — obviously in creating more value you are maximising utility — for yourself AND for others. Value is value, value is utility.

–Relativism — if your output’s value is relative — relative to the world you’re in, culture you’re in — how YOU value your work depends on you. In creating more of what YOU value — you are creating more value period.

-Even social contract — in that the possible outcomes are that of either both parties agreeing on the value they are contributing to the relationship (social contract) — or not agreeing and parting ways amicably. No breach of contract.

-EVEN Buddhism — in showing mindful appreciation of one’s life, one’s gifts, one’s time and energy — and then in focusing on creation rather than destruction

 

Goodness is moral. Betterment is moral. Good is good, it’s a tautology.

Create more good and MAKE MORE GOOD available.

Other than that – it’s really not so clear WHAT is moral, what is right.

But this much is clear: value is value.

In creating value you MAKE more value.

And then you share that value.

It’s available but it’s NEVER imposed.

Primum non nocere. Silver rule. First you make sure you don’t do more harm.

This is why you start with yourself, and what YOU value.

And then you give — in such way that others can take it and benefit — or leave it and go on with their lives.

 

Those are the questions you should be asking:

-HOW CAN I DO BETTER TODAY?

-HOW CAN I CREATE MORE VALUE TODAY?

-WHO COULD MY VALUE BENEFIT?

-HOW TO GIVE MORE AND TAKE LESS? CREATE MORE BUT NEED LESS?

I don’t think you should be asking any other questions. Not you, not average person.

Do this for a lifetime and THEN ask more “difficult” questions.

Do this for a lifetime and THEN seek to do something “more”,

I don’t think there is anything more

Only this short life — and the value you extract from it — and nurture and seed and let blossom