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I just want to offer some terms from ethics that match your perspectives. You or anyone else can read up on them if you’d like. > Morality is only useful when
by johnsonjo 8y ago
I just want to offer some terms from ethics that match your perspectives. You or anyone else can read up on them if you’d like.
> Morality is only useful when the majority agree with it...
This sounds a lot like a moral relativist stance. I hear it’s not a very popular stance among ethicists, so I don’t have any recommendations off the top of my head for philosophers to study. Basically moral relativism just means that morality is defined by the standards of a culture.
> Morality is only useful when ... the outcome of that belief helps the group in context.
This sounds similar to what a utilitarian would believe. They focus more on the result of an action and the sum total happiness it creates and they judge higher sum total happiness to be of higher morality. John Stuart Mill is probably the biggest proponent of utilitarianism.