Chapter 5. Morality Sensitivity
Morality Sensitivity
Morality Sensitivity is developed from the Price Sensitivity theory
in modern economics. In Dhammonomics,
morality sensitivity means the timely responsiveness of oneself in term of (a)
Thought (b) Speech, and (c) action, toward either moral or immoral stimulant
perceived through (i) Sight (ii) Sound (iii) Smell (iv) Taste (v) Bodily Feeling,
and (vi) Thinking.
According to our Morality Sensitivity Graph, the higher sensitivity
is presented with a steep curve whereas the less sensitive is presented with a
flatter curve. When one is highly sensitive toward morality
stimulant, one is more likely to response with more good conducts.
For example,
when one learns about a fund raising campaign on a natural disaster such as
flood that destroys many shelters causing people to be homeless, one decides to
promptly donate a considerable amount to the charity organization in order to
help the unfortunate.
On the
contrary, in case of less sensitivity toward the immorality, when one sees a TV
advertising about liquor product, one does not feel much motivated by the
advertising, but deciding to buy the liquor product for consumption after
viewing the advertising for six times as a slow responsiveness or reaction.
The factors
contributing to our morality and immorality responsiveness are the competing
three essences in our mind namely (1) the Wholesome or Kusala Dhamma (2)
the Neutrality or Abhayagata Dhamma, and (3) the Unwholesome or Akusala
Dhamma, which compete each other to rule our mind or thought and extend further into speech and action, and it is almost like
the mental persuasion by the Devil & Angel scenario in the Western sense.
To become
more sensitive toward morality, one has to train oneself to think, speak, and
act in the wholesome way more frequently as well as opposing one’s own unwholesome
thought, speech, and action effectively until becoming a habit.
By Pittaya Wong
9 August 2018
