Janet D. Stemwedel, a professional ethicist, informs us that basically "ethics is a matter of sharing a world with other people." http://scientopia.org/blogs/ethicsandscience/ (She teaches at San Jose State and I am retired from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago where I taught Ethics and Value Theory in the Department of Philosophy.)
Hex, you write: "Everybody are well aware of basic ethics, how to act unselfish, do good, not harm, etc, but what you need to write about is the motivaltional factor how to implement all this into society."
This raises a question: Why does this have to be "implemented into society" if most people are well-aware of it?
Help me to comprehend what you meant, please.
As you have read my writings, such as Aspects of Ethics, pp. 11-14, - http://wadeharvey.myqol.com/wadeharvey/ ... ics%20.pdf
have I not written plenty about motivation? - when I brought up the work of Prof. Alfred Bandura, of Stanford University.
What does "motivation" mean to you?
Help me understand.
We are doing philosophy, now.
We are not playing a game called "Gothcha." Right?! I know I'm not.
We shall both avoid committing the fallacy Argumentum ad hominem.
In my experience, most do not know about the distinction between the short-term (the instant gratification) temptation, and the long-term interests they have. In the long-term they want to be free of ailments and diseases that will bring them down; they want a healthy, comfortable life. Pople want a quality life. They aren't sufficiently aware that they should consider long-term when tempted by short-term desires.
What do you think about all that?
I address this to all readers. Do you all agree that everyone is aware of ethics, of how to do good, and not harm?
Are most people mindful of long-term desire taking priority over short-term?