> So you are (at least partially) defining ethics by the consensus of people (in your case professional philosophers). I am not. I'm saying that people on HN m

> So you are (at least partially) defining ethics by the consensus of people (in your case professional philosophers). I am not. I'm saying that people on HN make some very hasty assumptions about ethics (e.g. the claim made in the parent comment) that ethicists broadly agree are deeply misguided. I'm hoping to encourage a little more caution. Ethics are not defined by what professional philosophers agree on, but professional philosophers are in a good position to point out when lay comments are making simple mistakes in their reasoning. This is such a case.