(September 14, 2012 at 1:11 pm)genkaus Wrote: A case can be made that if it is impractical and dangerous, then it is unethical as well. If the purpose of an ethical theory is to guide you on how to live a long, healthy and fulfilling life, then anything that is impractical and dangerous would be unethical.
The case can be made, yet that is assuming that it is and that it is the correct one. Yet there is little to say that practicality and happiness are synonymous, murder can be useful, but not necessarily moral all at once. It is as easy to claim that a case may be stated that morality is entirely separate of usefulness and happiness. Furthermore, there are in this some assertions that a long, healthy, fulfilling life are those which are pragmatic and a reasonable end. While it certainly seems a reasonable end to strive for it does not necessarily have to be the only one or supporting of the claim of the view you proposed.
Religion is an attempt to answer the philosophical questions of the unphilosophical man.
