Re: Ethical Relativism (Moral Universals Argument)

From: Immortalist (Reanimater_2000_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/04/04 

Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 22:18:26 -0700

"Michael Voytinsky" <michaelvoy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Immortalist" <Reanimater_2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > (7) Therefore we are genetically predisposed to ban incest and behave
> > altruistically. Our various cultures determine how these dispositions are
> > worked out in daily life.
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> This is all very interesting, but what does it have to do with philosophy?

I love Jeapardy questions;

"What is Ethics?"

 A system of moral principles, rules or standards that govern the conduct of
members of a group. Ethical codes of conduct approach human behavior from a
philosophical standpoint by stressing objectively defined, but essentially
idealistic, standards (or laws) of right and wrong, good/evil, and virtue/vice
such as those applicable to the practices of lawyers and doctors.
http://grove.ufl.edu/~rolandc/definitions.html

A generic term for various ways of understanding and examining the moral conduct
of human behaviour and actions. Some approaches are normative (ie they set
standards of right of good action) others are descriptive (ie they report on what
people believe and how they act).
www.cirem.org.uk/definitions.html

http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Aethics