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Originally Posted by Zeno
Points so you can go hang yourself:
Ethics are equally justifiable and malleable according to time and/or location.
Ethics are not rationally explored in depth by any majority of people and are broadly accepted without question based on the social group, the cultural indoctrination, and the rituals, ceremonies, religion, and accepted norms of all the diverse groups humans divide themselves into. Nothing all that revelatory about the above.
Exploring this fact is verboten. It calls into question all your accepted assumptions, preconceived notions, set standards of ethics and makes you uncomfortable in a host of other ways. Example: The Practice of Cannibalism - Which can broadly be divided between cannibalism that is classified as ritualistic (socially forced for a variety of reasons) and that which is forced upon some group of individuals by circumstances alone, for survival (e.g. Donner Party).
In the later example should you eat the men first, feeding them to the women and children? Do you vote on it? Or is it done by fiat by whomever is the leader?
To beat a dead horse with another grand example:
1.A fetus is just a lump of cells
2.To avoid wasting useable food material aborted fetuses are hung up in a local sandwich shop
3.Your choice is between eating a fetus sandwich or a chicken sandwich.
4.Make a choice…….(side choice is whether to eat the fetus raw, cooked, or just ground up like liverwurst).
I choose the fetus sandwich* (always so tender and juice), hold the mayo and make sure I get the pickle this time, please. Cashier says, “Of course – that will be 11.98 plus tax. Do you want the Brain Pâté also? And do you wish to round up and make a donation to Planned Parenthood? “ “No to both”, I reply – “the sandwich is plenty, thank you.” “And it is against my religion to give to charities”.
*A fetus is not a human being thus technically I will not be a cannibal by eating a fetus sandwich. True or false? Also instead of use as a food material all aborted fetus waste could be ground up to use as fertilizer, thus relieving the populace of the ethic problem of whether to eat the fetus sandwich or the chicken sandwich. And reducing the amount of chemical fertilizers used to grow eggplants, corn, peas, garlic and assorted herbs, etc..
Is eating a fetus sandwich carbon neutral?
Oh, And how much is that fetus in the window? would be a great song title.
A life well lived; good action; ethics.
A subject most general and subjective in nature.
Your ethics (or understanding of)...
is one of valuing the majority, yet classifying oneself within a special minority.
Cannibalism is not wrong if the majority thinks it so.
The sun revolves around earth if the majority thinks it so.
One of these statements is less general in nature (more
specified/scientific - Aristotle).
Do general statements prevent the communication of truth? Do poetry or painting obscure the communication of truth?
Last edited by VeeDDzz`; 04-16-2017 at 10:52 AM.