ABD in ethics here. I can't believe someone actually drew a line on a chart and labelled it 'ethics'. This is a category mistake, like accusing a shade of blue

ABD in ethics here. I can't believe someone actually drew a line on a chart and labelled it 'ethics'. This is a category mistake, like accusing a shade of blue of murder, or asking the Pythagorean theorem on a date. If you're going to use ridiculous oversimplifications, please at least use the ones that have been vetted by people who have actually given the matter a decade or two of thought. It's not like there's a shortage of candidates either. But whatever it is, ethics is not a quantity, and it is certainly not a quantity over time. By the way, Pythagorean Theorem says hi.