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Empathy
One of our correspondents submitted feedback saying: “I find empathy a much better foundation for morality than faith.” DISCUSSION > Please take the opportunity to… -
Bernard Gert’s New Ten Commandments
Discussion 4 to Reflections on Ethics 14 Bernard Gert’s New Ten Commandments In the February 2006 edition of Playboy, the Dartmouth College professor of philosophy,… -
They are no Guide to Morality
by George Ardell I can’t agree that the Ten Commandments have or can serve as a guide to morality even for the religions which believe… -
Ethics is Subjective
by: J. Maus What is ethics? Ethics is an extremely vague word. It’s like the word beautiful. Anyone can say that something is either beautiful… -
Right vs. Wrong
by Jo Ann This article was originally published as Meditation 18 before a separate Ethics section was started. For consistency, it has been transferred to… -
Can there be a totally selfless act?
by Kaye Madison I’ve been reading all the interesting points put forth in discussion of Reflection 1, and just about everyone came up with a… -
Example of a Selfless Act
by P. Zack Hilliard Re: Discussion 12 One does not have to sacrifice one’s life in order to commit a selfless act; a behavior from… -
A Fable
Three passed their lives doing good works. The first chose to do good works because of belonging to a religion that promised everlasting damnation to… -
The 10 Commandments as a Basis for Morality?
Reflections 7, 14, 19, & 40, Meditation 120 and Ask the Patriarch 32 and the ensuing discussions contain related material. In August 2001, the Chief… -
Re: What the Ten Commandments say shouldn’t make a difference
by Phil van Bergen Peter, Good on you! The problem is not people like your good self, but the fundamentalists who try to foist their…