(LONG) "I Don't Know" as a Good Answer in Ethics

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(LONG) "I Don't Know" as a Good Answer in Ethics

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RE: (LONG) "I Don't Know" as a Good Answer in Ethics

November 21, 2017 at 6:53 pm

(November 21, 2017 at 6:07 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Are not civilization, rational thought and principles the evolved product of survival? We have evolved to the point where ethics should be based on principles. But I don't think that any principles will probably ever win out over survival.

If faced with regional/global catastrophe won't our ethics change in our quest for survival? I'm quite sure we'd devolve.

I agree, though "revert back to instinct" might be more apt than "devolve." There is hardly any time to work out ethics when Mad Max is trying to bust a cap in your ass. In a way, ethics is kind of a luxury granted to us by civilized society.

I'm glad that you concur that in civilized society we ought to embrace principle over instinct.

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(LONG) "I Don't Know" as a Good Answer in Ethics - by vulcanlogician - November 20, 2017 at 9:20 pm

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