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Re:The Case Against Octopus Farming by dalbasal on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @04:43AM (#20632943)
Well... ethics in the wild definitely does vary wildly by time, place and person. But, ethics in the wild usually gets applied to everyone too. When we think sexist legislation (say, women can't vote) is wrong, we usually think it's wrong for everyone and that the people/places that do it should stop.

Pluralism is unstoppable, but so is our instinct to create/defend/assemble a common ethic.

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Re:The Case Against Octopus Farming by coldtea on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @07:20AM (#20633672)
>When we think sexist legislation (say, women can't vote) is wrong, we usually think it's wrong for everyone and that the people/places that do it should stop.

Yes, but we ourselves think it -- e.g. we extend our ethics to everybody.

Others think such legislation is ethical, and consider us unethical, corrupt, etc (e.g. Saudi Arabia).

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