▲ 1023 ▼ An ethics professor at Cambridge talks about teaching ethics in 2025 (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works 209 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Oh no, my half remembered example of overly violent reactions to breaking moral traditions might not be literally accurate! Did religions include extremely harsh punishments for breaking moral codes? Yes. That is the point even if the details aren't exactly right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Thwompthwomp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago You can hold to an ethical code while breaking your moral code. This seems to be an example of that, and my frustration with ethics codes of many professional societies/organizations. You can be entirely ethical yet still spend your life crating efficient life ending tools. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Oh no, my half remembered example of overly violent reactions to breaking moral traditions might not be literally accurate! Did religions include extremely harsh punishments for breaking moral codes? Yes. That is the point even if the details aren't exactly right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Thwompthwomp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago You can hold to an ethical code while breaking your moral code. This seems to be an example of that, and my frustration with ethics codes of many professional societies/organizations. You can be entirely ethical yet still spend your life crating efficient life ending tools. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thwompthwomp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago You can hold to an ethical code while breaking your moral code. This seems to be an example of that, and my frustration with ethics codes of many professional societies/organizations. You can be entirely ethical yet still spend your life crating efficient life ending tools. permalink fedilink source parent
