Ethics, Politics, and Economics as Activities

[Morality Games]

No good ever comes from differentiating ethics from political and economical activity. All derive from real, imagined, and even unthought of features of being human, all are therefore expressions of what it means to be human, and all shift form in such manners that they do not betray any single principle or set of principles as immutable accounts of this change (you may correctly infer from this last stance that I am an anti-foundationalist).

I guess you can disagree with the above position or we can talk about how it is correct, like by analyzing how different ethical, political, and economical modes all reflect human qualities.

[lindsay7]

Quote by: Morality Games No good ever comes from differentiating ethics from political and economical activity. All derive from real, imagined, and even unthought of features of being human, all are therefore expressions of what it means to be human, and all shift form in such manners that they do not betray any single principle or set of principles as immutable accounts of this change (you may correctly infer from this last stance that I am an anti-foundationalist). I guess you can disagree with the above position or we can talk about how it is correct, like by analyzing how different ethical, political, and economical modes all reflect human qualities.

Maybe i'm dumb, but i have no idea what you're asking thar.

[Morality Games]

Maybe i'm dumb, but i have no idea what you're asking thar.

Either you can say, "No," there are immutable (cannot not be fairly criticized) principles upon which ethical, political, and economical activity rests, or you can agree and wonder what features of humanity laissez-faire capitalism and socialism reflect.

[lindsay7]

Quote by: Morality Games Either you can say, "No," there are immutable (cannot not be fairly criticized) principles upon which ethical, political, and economical activity rests, or you can agree and wonder what features of humanity laissez-faire capitalism and socialism reflect.

Still not entirely sure what you're asking, you've obviously debated a lot more than me and you're a bit over my head. Still, I'm going to answer, I might learn something.

Personally I'm a Libertarian. I find that whatever government gets involved in, they tend to corrupt and thoroughly f*** up. I love your American Constitution. It's a real shame that your politicians don't follow it anymore.

Is that anywhere close to being on topic? Or have I gone and completely embarrassed myself, lol.

[SoylentGreen]

Quote by: Morality Games Either you can say, "No," there are immutable (cannot not be fairly criticized) principles upon which ethical, political, and economical activity rests, or you can agree and wonder what features of humanity laissez-faire capitalism and socialism reflect.

I would agree with you on this. I have never been given a good reason to accept that there are immutable or universal principals, rights or morality.

laissez-faire capitalism I have been told by those who support it is based on humanities basic instinct of greed or self interest, and its philosophy and economical theory is an attempt to support that instinct.

Socialism's philosophy and economical theory is based on the collective interest of the community and has humanities basic instinct of working and supporting each other in group, family or community.

lindsay7 Personally I'm a Libertarian.

Then unlike Morality Games you are a foundationalist.
The constitution is based on self-evident axioms.