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Re: What is ethics?
« Reply #20 on: April 25, 2013, 06:56:54 PM »
...and what would someone be called who falls in the middle?

These aren't two ends of the spectrum... Utilitarian is a pretty even-handed way of looking at ethics and is therefore the most appealing to most people who don't have a strong opinion to begin with.

There is a huge range of ethical theories and ideas. There are ethical egoists (whatever is best for the self is ethical), there are altruists (whatever is best for the other is ethical). There are hedonists who argue that the only moral thing is that which brings pleasure.

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Re: What is ethics?
« Reply #21 on: May 14, 2013, 01:38:07 PM »
Asking your sense of reason for moral guidance is like asking your GPS, "Where would you like to go today?"
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