When discussions of morals and ethics become circular all one has to do to arrive at the best solution is:
"Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You."
I have yet to encounter an ethical or moral dilemma to which this simple thing is not the best answer. It's easy to remember too.
When others do unto you in a manner you deem inappropriate SMITE THEM
Thank goodness you aren't in law enforcement! The drug addict wants to do drugs. The human trafficker wants to traffic. The porn consumer wants the trafficker to keep trafficking. Your normative ethics are what have turned CA into a [bleep] with homelessness. "Oh, we can't make people live indoors & use plumbing if they don't want to." "Treat them how you'd want to be treated." "Who are we to judge?"
Your normative ethics tells the mother of a drug addict "Sorry, but your child decided to OD of their own free will. I, as society, should not interfere". You guys are as creepy than the pure Darwinists.
What California practices is not consistent with my version of Normative Ethics.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell
