Are there moral philosophies which, in your opinion, provide an adequate method to determine the borders of the community? — Echarmion
Are there moral philosophies which, in your opinion, provide an adequate method to determine the borders of the community? Are perhaps virtue ethics not just relevant, but unavoidable when it comes to this first step? — Echarmion
Are perhaps virtue ethics not just relevant, but unavoidable when it comes to this first step? — Echarmion
The two big competing groups of moral philosophies are the deontological and the utilitarian approach. Both, it seems to me, presuppose an already delienated community as their frame of reference. But does either approach provide a clear answer as to how to draw the borders around that community? — Echarmion
Are there moral philosophies which, in your opinion, provide an adequate method to determine the borders of the community? — Echarmion
Are perhaps virtue ethics not just relevant, but unavoidable when it comes to this first step? — Echarmion
Moral philosophers, at least the ones I've read, and I'll admit I had some graduate work in ethics and have done some reading but am by no means an expert, seem to ignore the role human nature plays in morality. A system that doesn't take account of the fact that people are more likely to sacrifice for others the more genetic material they have in common is a system doomed to faliure. — Count Timothy von Icarus
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