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That's why I prefer ethics to morals. But as TBG points out, ethics is platonic.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Sep 8th, 2008 at 02:40:07 PM EST
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And as currently applied, ethics has become compromised by ethno-centric morality to such an extent as to often make it an oxymoron.

We need a new term adequate to the task at hand.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon Sep 8th, 2008 at 03:02:38 PM EST
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