RE: (LONG) "I Don't Know" as a Good Answer in Ethics
November 21, 2017 at 7:45 pm
(This post was last modified: November 21, 2017 at 7:58 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Thus the value of deontological ethics. No need to work anything out in the heat of the moment. Refer to the list.
@refuting error theory, give us the specific formulation to work with.
@refuting error theory, give us the specific formulation to work with.
(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.People already choose principle over survival, though,granted..it takes indoctrination.
Quote:If faced with regional/global catastrophe won't our ethics change in our quest for survival? I'm quite sure we'd devolve.Why? Suppose that after the initial and inevitable viscious looting and sectarian violence...we embraced a deeply green humanist ethic as a response to said catastrophe? Would that be devolving?
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