Of course the "why" is interesting as well, but I don't find discussing Ethics boring at all, given that it's argued well, which is (IMHO) clearly the case for

Of course the "why" is interesting as well, but I don't find discussing Ethics boring at all, given that it's argued well, which is (IMHO) clearly the case for the parent post. Really, a remark like that is on the same level as someone calling mathematics "pointless and kind of boring". What makes it particularly not-pointless, is that it allows one to discuss these things without you having to feel any need to defend yourself because indeed you didn't say anything about "excuse" or "justify". Similarly, math allows us to say "two plus two equals four" without anyone having to jump in and clarify that they never said it wasn't four.