(11-20-2011, 01:58 PM)abridgetoofar Wrote: Is "maturity" not just a way to put ourselves above others? To not accept their behavior because it's not what we agree with, are used to, or how we act ourselves? The elite "mature" and the unrespectable "immature."It is one of many potential ways one could create a class system, if that was the desired aim. On the other hand, maturity is the strikingly inevitable consequence of development here, both from the standpoint of one life or of many lives.
(11-20-2011, 03:03 PM)abridgetoofar Wrote: Unless we're talking about physical or spiritual maturity, but then, where do "our standards" come from?Standards come from experience. The same evaluation from observation which notices the differences in behavior from adolescence to adult-hood, notices in what manner others can be, may be and are treated.