Stephen Anderson wonders whether talk of ethics has any substance.
http://philosophynow.org/issues/62/The_ ... _of_Ethics
The Unbearable Lightness of Ethics
Re: The Unbearable Lightness of Ethics
Yes talking of ethics is like starting a car .the energy in the battery runs the engine over to let burning chemical energy run the engine.without ethics there is no starting of civilisation.virtue and ethics is one in the samething the heart of civilisation.
Re: The Unbearable Lightness of Ethics
The author writes that morals are born of religion and ethics of secularism. Ethics are applied morals, he explains. In other words, ethics make morals operational and puts them into practice. As an operational philosopher I like the sound of that.
So I started thinking about the 'gay' issue. Religious people are generally against gay rights and view gay activity as immoral. They don't recognize the ethical side of treating gays as equal. I would say that religious people are generally not pragmatic. They tend to go more by the 'book'. Ethical people are pragmatic, who see gays as equally valuable members of society.
So I started thinking about the 'gay' issue. Religious people are generally against gay rights and view gay activity as immoral. They don't recognize the ethical side of treating gays as equal. I would say that religious people are generally not pragmatic. They tend to go more by the 'book'. Ethical people are pragmatic, who see gays as equally valuable members of society.