Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. by Jimbee68 posted Jun 13, 2024 at 9:42 AM You know, I've often heard philosophers say that although there is only one true moral system, it has never been discovered. I disagree. I think Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs can be used as a universal moral guide. I actually first heard of Maslow's pyramid in a psychology class in community college in 1995. I was taking two of them in 1995. And in one of them we talked about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Immediately I thought about that. If his pyramid could be turned into a moral theory. Then the next year, 1996, I organized all my personal views on the subject into an essay I wrote. The psychologist I was still seeing in 2011 was the first person I shared my essay with. A year or two before, when my father was still alive. In the essay, I was careful to point out those were just my personal moral beliefs. I wasn't commenting on the general topic of metaethics. I held onto the essay. And I share it now with each new doctor I meet. Especially if I am going to work with them as my therapist.
Maslow's Hierarchy is a bastardization of Black Foot tribal beliefs. They believed they had to put their collective needs ahead of their individual needs, and help defend each other. Note that a quarter of the modern world still claims the sun revolves around the earth, and they've made the stupid dictionary taboo. If you want moral inspiration, academia doesn't not offer any.
