Morality, Ethics & Love: A Dialogue
Volume II The Thoughts of a Peasant Philosopher
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Chapter XX1x I have just stolen a car, driven it 800 miles through a raging snowstorm and faked my own death . . . I now lie in a hospital bed in the middle of nowhere on the Canadian Prairies after having my stomach pumped. After a short stay in the intensive care unit I am moved down to the mental health centre . . . The center is quite nice with a lot more freedom to move around than I expected. I was in another facility prior to this little adventure, and everything there was locked down and the main door was under guard, controlled by two people in an impregnable booth. Compared to that place this is like a resort. It has no locked doors, no guards and the main door is always open. I like it. They have given me a room all to myself, which I really appreciate since I am not too keen on having a roommate at this point. I need some rest. And some time to think. I keep pretty much to myself. I am not really interested in talking and making friends. The path I have just walked was overwhelming in terms of emotion and exhilaration. I am still weak from the effects of the drugs I had taken and the overdose has left me 20 pounds short of weight. I take regular meals with the other people here at the facility but I do not eat much. Even if I am hungry I only pick at my food. I don’t want to look too interested in anything at this particular time. I can see that many of the people here are very interested in talking and making new friends. In fact most of the people here seem very approachable. It is no great surprise, then, that under these conditions a young lady pulled up a chair beside me one day and said hello.
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It can be said life is a series of coincidences, shaped by chance meetings. What we take out of life and learn from our interaction with others is of our choosing and defines our destiny. A meeting of two people in the most unlikely of settings sets off a chain of events that leads to the writing of Morality, Ethics & Love: A Dialogue. Author Jason Werbics presents an inspiring tale of discovery and renewal based on a relationship forged in a mental health centre between himself and a young woman. Through the mirror of their dialogue and interactions, the book looks at the topics of morality, ethics and love that surfaced in their four-year relationship. Follow the path of one person’s need for growth and the other’s desire to help. The choices they make help shape their destiny. This book is a result of their relationship, and represents a unique and challenging approach to philosophy.
About the Author
Jason Werbics has been a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, a global traveler (he attempted to join the French Foreign Legion), filmmaker and thought-provoking writer. His experiences and the people he met along the way have resulted in his initial publication, The Thoughts of A Peasant Philosopher. The philosophical thought continues in Volume II, Morality, Ethics & Love: A Dialogue. Jason Werbics resides in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.