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Ends don't justify means. Period. This isn't right. That alone is enough of a reason to be against it. Ethics is never a question of goals,if that was the cas
by badrabbit 8y ago
Ends don't justify means. Period.
This isn't right. That alone is enough of a reason to be against it.
Ethics is never a question of goals,if that was the case anything can be justified with an end goal which appears worthy enough.
There is this subversive ideology about acheiving equality. People are created equal regardless of the "race" social construct. If you have to make someone equal then they were not born equal.
If someone can't get into harvard due to historical disparities against their group then what needs correction is not harvard but instead their current sociological conditions.
How can a person not feel completely insulted when they get accepted into a school or a job solely for the sake of their skin color? I would feel humiliated.
This society needs to get back to the basics. If you accept something as wrong then also accept it as wrong for everyone, else scratch out any reference of equality under the law.
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- jack9 8y ago> Ethics is never a question of goals Not to be nitpicky, but to ensure you don't actually try to use the phrase again...that's exactly what ethics are about.
- badrabbit 8y agoI actually meant what I said,maybe I was speaking my belief as opposed to the popular view I disagree with? For example, we can debate the ethics surrounding killing a person. Can I kill a useless member of society? How about a dangerous criminal? Someone trying to kill me? I can accept all of that as a question of ethics. What I cannot accept is framing ethics with an end goal in mind such as "killing people will reduce the population" vs "killing is not the best way to reduce the population","Killing dangerous criminals will prevent future violent crimes" or "you shouldn't kill useless members of society because that won't guarantee a productice society". These questions are framed with the end goal beinf the reason the act is considered ethical or not. My belief is that asking if an act is ethical relative to a desired end goal is in itself unethical. If the end goal is the deciding factor then we're discussing strategy not ethics.