I use the term 'ethical system' to mean an interconnected set of beliefs mandating a particular set of behaviours for members of a human society and thus in turn dictating how that society functions. As such, it is more about the survival and well-being of human groups than enlightenment of, or advice to, individual humans. This is an unusual approach to the subject of ethics, but it is a view we must take to understand where I'm coming from.
Dumb question... what's an ethical system?
ReplyDeleteI use the term 'ethical system' to mean an interconnected set of beliefs mandating a particular set of behaviours for members of a human society and thus in turn dictating how that society functions. As such, it is more about the survival and well-being of human groups than enlightenment of, or advice to, individual humans. This is an unusual approach to the subject of ethics, but it is a view we must take to understand where I'm coming from.
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