My Moral Code - Excerpt
- Knowledge and understanding (of the world and the people in it) have ethical value for me.
- Critical thinking and freedom of mind have ethical value.
- Constantly striving to improve is a value.
- Lesser evil: if in a given situation all the available alternatives are wrong, the least wrong one is the ethically right choice.
Why isn't there anything about theft, murder, pain, love, war, compassion, envy, revenge, freedom, tolerance, justice or whatever? Even nothing on sex!
Answer: because it's tough!!! :-)
No, seriously, these topics are very difficult. I found myself unable to even formulate rules of thumb that would leave me content - too many complex definitions are needed in order to handle the issues in general. So let's stay with this for now; maybe not only for now. There is nothing wrong in a case by case analysis and judgment, as long as I strive for consistency.