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    Default Distinction between morals and ethics

    Morals are about how society perceives right and wrong, and involves normative judgements.
    Ethics is about analysing the link between human action and thought. People are quick to
    condemn or glorify, but not to think. We need to engage in dialogue with someone else. It
    is only talking to someone else that we can understand what we believe or know.
    To those who understand, no explanation is necessary; to those who do not, none is possible.
    Nathaniel Branden, "Social Metaphysics."

    Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is; treat a man as he can and should be and he
    will become as he can and should be..

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    I shall be glad to hear from you, since questions have have always interested me; questions, not
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    Of course, the question can dialogue make someone a better person or lead us to better values?
    As soon as it tries to do that, it's moved from ethics to moralising. People aren't condemned or
    judged, they're labelled good or bad. it is important to understand this. Peace,
    To those who understand, no explanation is necessary; to those who do not, none is possible.
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    Few things demoralise people faster than seeing a connection between what someone says
    and how they act. Follow your own rules, and other will follow. Live your values....
    To those who understand, no explanation is necessary; to those who do not, none is possible.
    Nathaniel Branden, "Social Metaphysics."

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    will become as he can and should be..

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    Evil denotes the absence of Good. But it is not every absence of Good that is called Evil.
    Good can imagine Evil;but Evil cannot imagine Good. We do not need science and
    philosophy to know what we should do to be honest and good, even wise and virtuous.
    To those who understand, no explanation is necessary; to those who do not, none is possible.
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    Default Re: Distinction between morals and ethics

    without knowledge ,neither matter.

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    Default Re: Distinction between morals and ethics

    Quote Originally Posted by sacky View Post
    without knowledge ,neither matter.
    Concur...
    To those who understand, no explanation is necessary; to those who do not, none is possible.
    Nathaniel Branden, "Social Metaphysics."

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    When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profits loses.
    A good will is good not because of what it effects or accomplishes, nor
    because of its fitness to attain some proposed end; it is good only through
    its willing, i.e. it is good in itself.
    To those who understand, no explanation is necessary; to those who do not, none is possible.
    Nathaniel Branden, "Social Metaphysics."

    Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is; treat a man as he can and should be and he
    will become as he can and should be..

    -Goethe

    I shall be glad to hear from you, since questions have have always interested me; questions, not
    debates - I have given those up long ago. Life itself is a quotation.


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