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Do you have some alternative in mind? If you don't communicate an idea, you don't even have the chance to agree on it because many people may not even consider
by sixstringtheory 3y ago
Do you have some alternative in mind? If you don't communicate an idea, you don't even have the chance to agree on it because many people may not even consider it.
I really fail to imagine how a society can arrive at a universal ethical standard without writing a couple ideas down here and there. You're asking for a utopian society of mind readers, which hits me as just a touch unreasonable.
- kelnos 3y agoI'm not convinced a society can arrive at a universal ethical standard, period. I was about to say, "we can at least agree that murder is bad", but I'm not sure that's even the case, given that it seems like some people would think it's ok to murder their political opponents if given the chance.
- rgrieselhuber 3y agoThe standard used to be the concept of Imago Dei. Regardless of one’s individual beliefs it sets up an axiomatic basis for the worth of every individual and balancing that with the needs of a society.
- greedo 3y agoI'm sure that'll work well in a polytheistic world. Oh wait, we've already tried that.