but humans are not rational, and while there are better ethics, there is
no one ethic we can live by. all have different trade-offs. i would not
push the fat man to divert the train. many people would.

On 24/08/14 16:13, Justus Ranvier wrote:
> On 08/24/2014 01:38 PM, Julia Tourianski wrote:
>> you can't compare the objective reality of gravity to human interaction and
>> questions like right and wrong.
>
> If by that you mean that ethics are subjective, then I disagree in the
> strongest possible terms.
>
> https://freedomainradio.com/free/#upb
>
> Quick summary:
>
> 1. Ethical assertions are one way people try to influence the behavior
> of other people.
>
> 2. Ethical statements differ from other ways of persuasion because
> rather than appealing to personal preference they implicitly claim to
> derive their validity from universal principals.
>
> 3. We can test ethical statements by identifying the universal principle
> they represent. If the principle can not be applied universally or is
> logically contradictory, then it's false.
>
>
>
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