"Deciding to live ethnically is both more far-reaching and more powerful than a political commitment of the traditional kind. Living an ethically reflective life is not a matter of strictly observing a set of rules that lay down what you should or should not do. To live ethically is to reflect in a particular way on how you live, and to try to act in accordance with the conclusions of that reflection ... we cannot live an unethical life and remain indifferent to the vast amount of unnecessary suffering that exist in the world today. It may be naive to hope that a relatively small number of people who are living in a reflective, ethical manner could prove to be a critical mass that changes the climate of opinion about the nature of self-interest and its connection with ethics; but when we look around the world and see what a mess it is in, it seems worth giving that optimistic hope the best possible chance of success." (Peter Singer, How Are We to Live?) So what do you think?
Posted on: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 19:14:12 +0000
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