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I always find it fascinating that immoral cultures invented “ethics” because they created economic systems that were inherently immoral and needed a way to rati
by momokoko 6y ago
I always find it fascinating that immoral cultures invented “ethics” because they created economic systems that were inherently immoral and needed a way to rationalize the hurtful actions the system they created now requires them to take.
- Areading314 6y agoWhat defines an "immoral culture"? Wouldn't defining that concept require a notion of ethics?
- TeMPOraL 6y agoArguably every culture is immoral to some degree; you can't reach perfection. However, GP has a point: people follow incentives like water flows downhill. Most talk about ethics exists to highlight situations where economic incentives make people do immoral things.