Re: Rights and Morality: The Primethic Decision
Kennita Watson (kwatson@netcom.com)
Tue, 30 Sep 1997 23:27:47 -0700
>> In a message dated 97-09-28 12:47:03 EDT, you write:
>>
>> << >Lots of things that are moral can be anti-survival. >>
>>
>> This posses a question for me....my DEFINITION of morallity is that which
>> tends toward promoting survival...Ethical/Moral=pro-survival.
>>
I distinguish "moral" from "ethical". I see ethics as being pro-survival
(at least for the person holding them). Morals are handed down from a
"higher authority" and as such I tend to ignore or laugh at them.
Kennita
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