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Religion and Ethics Discussion => Philosophy, in all its guises. => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on May 11, 2024, 12:51:50 PM

Title: Ethics man (and presumably woman)
Post by: Nearly Sane on May 11, 2024, 12:51:50 PM
Nice little article on Catastrophe Ethics by Travis Reider


https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/catastrophe-ethics-travis-rieder-book-review-simone-gubler/
Title: Re: Ethics man (and presumably woman)
Post by: ad_orientem on May 11, 2024, 03:03:04 PM
Interesting article. I'm not a philosipher but I think I understood the jist of it. I know it deals with individual ethics but as a by product I think it shows the importance of collective ethics.
Title: Re: Ethics man (and presumably woman)
Post by: Nearly Sane on May 11, 2024, 04:38:36 PM
Interesting article. I'm not a philosipher but I think I understood the jist of it. I know it deals with individual ethics but as a by product I think it shows the importance of collective ethics.
I think more collective action  rather than ethics. I've never been a great believer in systems, and this isn't far from how I work in terms of ethics. Again I might even lean to thinking of those as more actions rather than ethics which feels too grandiose for me.
Title: Re: Ethics man (and presumably woman)
Post by: ad_orientem on May 11, 2024, 04:52:35 PM
I think more collective action  rather than ethics. I've never been a great believer in systems, and this isn't far from how I work in terms of ethics. Again I might even lean to thinking of those as more actions rather than ethics which feels too grandiose for me.

You're probably right. Let's take something a simple as recycling. I don't do it thinking I'm "saving the planet", I do it thinking "it's common sense".
Title: Re: Ethics man (and presumably woman)
Post by: Nearly Sane on May 11, 2024, 04:58:55 PM
You're probably right. Let's take something a simple as recycling. I don't do it thinking I'm "saving the planet", I do it thinking "it's common sense".
Agree, I think the collective action is in making that easy such as having a bottle deposit scheme ;)