That's a nice formula, but how do you quantify ethics? You've committed the Wittgensteinian sin of attempting to quantify something without first defining it. Y

That's a nice formula, but how do you quantify ethics? You've committed the Wittgensteinian sin of attempting to quantify something without first defining it. You'd have a difficult time just qualifying ethical behavior with any substantive agreement, based on this thread. It also sounds like you'd need to be inconsistent in your value judgement or accept being lonely with your ideology. You cut off someone you trusted enough to be a cofounder, who you considered brilliant, because he disconnected the speedometer? It doesn't sound like a pattern of behavior here so...what do you do if your closest friend shoplifts but is otherwise okay? What if your significant other doesn't do the dishes? Do you ask people why they do things you consider reprehensible, or give them a chance to explain themselves and understand the chain of events that led to their decisions? I'm assuming not if you really do mean "binary"... Think of the most minor unethical thing you can. Would you cut ties with your parents because they did that? If not, your ethical system is not actually binary. The real world is messy, and your philosophy frankly doesn't seem to work.