Re: A moral zero-point?

Darin Sunley (umsunley@cc.umanitoba.ca)
Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:20:25 -0600

joe dees wrote:
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> If by "zero-point" you mean cases or classes where all ethical systems would agree, the most likely candidates are the ancient prohibitions against murder, theft, rape, cheating and lying; yet even in these, exceptions can be found, which may be exceptions in some systems but not in others. Can you furnish an example of such a "zero-point"?
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> Joe E. Dees
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[Sorry if this misattributes]

Can ethics even exist without multiple agents? If not then we've found a natural zero point in "ethics-space": The empty set describing the possible ethical interactions of non-interacting agents.

Non-interaction is certainly A zero point. Of one axis at least.