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To take the last first. Modern society is, IMHO, is foundationless as religion is failing and Aristotelian philosophy is basically the endless and impractical pursuit of "logical" forms and categories. The vast majority of society is incapable of getting value from engaging with Aristotelian philosophy. In fact, life is very much a disaster for people unless they are extremely talented, beautiful, or intellectual. Society appears to say "You lack world class accomplishments? You are a loser". Day in and day out the mass media pushes the message.

I am endeavoring to establish a logical/practical basis for morality and self-worth that does not depend on religion or politeness or reciprocity. My position is that people are irrational only because they lack a founding philosophy that formalizes the imperatives demanded by reality and evolution. Respect your ability to perceive reality and form the mental constructs needed to navigate the world. Your value does not depend on understanding complex quaternions. Can you blame people if society spends absolutely no effort on time on developing sanity? We can put men into space but seem completely uninterested in the mental wellbeing of the people.

To counter Elbert Hubbard: "What do we say to death? Not today, for I am busy with life"