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An ethics professor at Cambridge talks about teaching ethics in 2025 (lemmy.world)
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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 18 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

That it conflicts. He's saying that if you believe that morality is relative and every person/culture has the difficult task of defining their own, it's ironic to be so aghast when people have reached different conclusions than you.

[–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

It seems like that tension between those things (which I'd expect are natural intuitions that many people experience) would be a foundational principle in ethics. Is it? Is that the joke?

[–] III@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Setting aside the unshakeable part, morality should be somewhat rigid. While relative, that doesn't mean morality can or should change on a whim.