Is the new paradigm for Ethics better than the alternatives?
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:11 am
Do you believe the ethical theory (proposed in THE STRUCTURE OF ETHICS essay) is better than previous ethical theories because of the applications which can be deduced from its premises? I refer to applications such as guns, war, women's rights, jobs, medical ethics, and business ethics.
The booklet, THE STRUCTURE OF ETHICS - - http://www.myqol.com/wadeharvey/PDFs/TH ... ETHICS.pdf - - has, by implication, an answer for the issue of gun-safety: It indicates we go in the direction of nonviolence, and thus questions the need for guns in urban areas. [If one does possess a gun, why not make it safe to use? Why not prevent those diagnosed with a mental illness, or severe depression, from buying a gun and/or ammunition?]
The proposed theory also has a response to the issue of waging war. It indicates we conscientiously object to participating in such.
It defines "war" as "organized mass murder in the name of a fine and noble cause," …fine causes such as, for example, "for Democracy," or "to end terrorism," etc.
It holds that we arrange to live in a world without war. [See the website by that title: World Without War.]
The theory indirectly also has a response to the issue of abortion. It suggests that nowadays, and into the future, due to advanced methods of birth control - and possibly due also to the apparent realism of virtual reality when it is devoted to porn - abortion is becoming increasingly unnecessary - and therefore no longer an issue.
It has implications, as well, for other issues of Applied Ethics.
It argues that automation tends to create more jobs; and it encourages society both to retrain people at no cost to the job-seeker (getting a small stipend while being retrained) for higher-tech work that society currently requires, as well as to recruit people for jobs that are urgently needed, such as teaching and nursing.
Also the book on THE STRUCTURE OF ETHICS quotes Peter Singer on a resolution to some other moral dilemmas that he well-argued for in his book, HOW ARE WE TO LIVE?
The STRUCTURE book also has as chapter on Business Ethics, and lists Best places to work, and why they are.
So what is your opinion? Is this theory – which is still in its early stages - better than alternative ethical theories?
The booklet, THE STRUCTURE OF ETHICS - - http://www.myqol.com/wadeharvey/PDFs/TH ... ETHICS.pdf - - has, by implication, an answer for the issue of gun-safety: It indicates we go in the direction of nonviolence, and thus questions the need for guns in urban areas. [If one does possess a gun, why not make it safe to use? Why not prevent those diagnosed with a mental illness, or severe depression, from buying a gun and/or ammunition?]
The proposed theory also has a response to the issue of waging war. It indicates we conscientiously object to participating in such.
It defines "war" as "organized mass murder in the name of a fine and noble cause," …fine causes such as, for example, "for Democracy," or "to end terrorism," etc.
It holds that we arrange to live in a world without war. [See the website by that title: World Without War.]
The theory indirectly also has a response to the issue of abortion. It suggests that nowadays, and into the future, due to advanced methods of birth control - and possibly due also to the apparent realism of virtual reality when it is devoted to porn - abortion is becoming increasingly unnecessary - and therefore no longer an issue.
It has implications, as well, for other issues of Applied Ethics.
It argues that automation tends to create more jobs; and it encourages society both to retrain people at no cost to the job-seeker (getting a small stipend while being retrained) for higher-tech work that society currently requires, as well as to recruit people for jobs that are urgently needed, such as teaching and nursing.
Also the book on THE STRUCTURE OF ETHICS quotes Peter Singer on a resolution to some other moral dilemmas that he well-argued for in his book, HOW ARE WE TO LIVE?
The STRUCTURE book also has as chapter on Business Ethics, and lists Best places to work, and why they are.
So what is your opinion? Is this theory – which is still in its early stages - better than alternative ethical theories?