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Since reading too much philosophy (username relevant), I don't think ethics are worth teaching. Instead, put laws in place that benefit the state/population(I k
by PlatoIsADisease 9mo ago
Since reading too much philosophy (username relevant), I don't think ethics are worth teaching. Instead, put laws in place that benefit the state/population(I know these can conflict, but at least in a republic, there are power sharing agreements that can balance these).
At best, you can indoctrinate people with a religion, conventional religion or a modern ascetic stoic humanist religion.
But its silly to think that religion is going to stop 100% of the population from doing anti-social things.
This might be strange to hear, but people have different and conflicting values. The worker at Meta might have a life goal to help society, the executive might have a life goal of making lots of money. These conflict, and its overly optimistic to rely on individual ethics to create a good world to live in.
Now I'll give an example: Should affairs be punished? Currently, there are plenty of US states that don't have laws on this. However, there may be something to be said about having a contractual agreement that penalizes this. If there is no contract, then it doesn't matter.
We can enforce pro-social values, we don't need to rely on individuals being wholly good.
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