Sublime

Ethics are the act of implementation of the agreed moral code.

High-rung political thinkers will disagree about what’s morally right and wrong as vigorously as they disagree about what’s factually right and wrong. But whatever their conclusions, they apply their moral standards consistently—to themselves, to friends, to strangers, to foes.

this distinction between morals and ethics is extremely important because it highlights that it’s not enough to know what’s wrong. Knowing and agreeing with that moral code does not make you ethical. What makes you ethical is sticking to that code by restraining yourself from the acts that are defined in the code as wrong.

is a moral rather than an intellectual defect.

Morality is necessary for self-respect. Self-respect is necessary for happiness. Therefore, morality is necessary for happiness

Much of our moral evaluation is what Zheng (2021) calls summative moral criticism: it evaluates us by looking at whether or how well we’ve met some moral standard. Zheng argues for an alternative, which she calls formative moral criticism: it aims not at giving an evaluation of past performance, but at giving feedback that will inform and improve f