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Why did you automatically bring "ethics" into this discussion? The person you replied to was probably using the word 'should' in reference to some other objecti
by concreteblock 6y ago
Why did you automatically bring "ethics" into this discussion? The person you replied to was probably using the word 'should' in reference to some other objective.
- anoncake 6y agoI automatically bring ethics into this discussion because I try to be a decent human being and actually care about the society I live in.
- concreteblock 6y agoSomeone said, roughly, that X should be like Y. You immediately asked them why this was ethically optimal. To me that seems like a non-sequiter. There is no reason to suspect that the optimization (with respect to whatever objective you desire, e.g. total happiness) of a large, complex, chaotic, system (such as a society) can be best achieved by using 'ethical correctness' as the only criterion for decision making. At least, that's my opinion. I hope that doesn't make me an indecent human being.