Good and Evil -- Right and Wrong

I never realized before learning some basic Scientology principles that the subject of Ethics could be understood and used as a tool.

What I studies about Ethics in college was just a confused jumble.

I can remember sitting around discussing the complexity of ethics, and how impossible it was to come up with a real standard of ethical behavior.

But that's not true.

Here's an excerpt from the The Scientology Handbook on the subject.

"Man has long found ethics to be a confusing subject. In recent decades it has become more so. How does a person know if what he is doing is right or wrong? When he sees dishonest men hold power, criminals go free and traditional values cast aside, maybe he feels he should take the easy way out. “Others cheat on their taxes, why shouldn’t I? Other kids shoplift, what’s the harm?” But, regardless of anything else, a person has to live with himself. With many pressures pushing and pulling at a person, how can he be sure his choices will be best for himself, his family and every aspect of his life and his future?

"L. Ron Hubbard achieved a remarkable breakthrough in the field of ethics which included not only simplification and codification of the subject, but development of a workable technology with applicability to our daily lives, one which brings about increased happiness, prosperity and survival."