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There is a moral imperative to disregard the law when the law does not deliver justice.
“But without
religionlaws how will I know what’s right or wrong?” Anarchists are just atheists who go one god further.
using the law as a metric for ethics is called appeal to authority, a very common fallacy
The genocide of non-human animals for our pleasure is legal.
You sound like the dudes who find a thread about women’s issues and shout “yeah but what about men’s issues!”
You deserve to be heard but can you do it without turning it into whataboutisn.
Was waiting for someone to mention it. It’s not about equating animals to people - which we should, to an extent - but about showing the parallels and the immortality that’s being imparted on billions of animals yearly
Ethics: refer to a set of principles and guidelines that are established by a community, organization, or society to promote responsible and respectful behavior.
Law reflects the ethics of the populace, not the other way around.
“Ethical” is a social construct that’s time-bound based upon the beliefs and actions of the people.
Slavery was ethical, for the population of slavers. The holocaust was ethical, based upon the beliefs of Nazis.
“Ethics” isn’t a guideline, it’s a benchmark.
History is written by the winners and we are all a product of our environment, including our time. If we were born 200 years ago in the US South, we’d be perfectly fine with slavery.
That doesn’t make it right, we have a different perspective here in the present, where we understand (or at least understood) basic human rights, and that black people are, indeed, human.
Well, you and the meme creator need to look up how the definitions of “ethics” and “morality” differ. Although the definition of “ethics” that you quoted is already a good start.
well because law generally serves the powerful
well because law
generallyonly serves the powerful
I just finished a book this afternoon and this was a huge theme of it. Wonderful book, but hard to recommend. “Wind and truth” by Brandon Sanderson. I love his stuff, but you would need to read around 20 gigantic books to get to this point. Still, worth the effort if you like fantasy.
Yes, please don’t recommend people jump straight into the 5th book in an entire series of bricks.
Also, anyone talking to that character immediately becomes Super Kami Guru in my head. NAAAALE!
