SmilingGengar t1_ja9gr1x wrote
Reply to comment by gobbo in Universal ethics/basic law for all people & global moral education: A new way to sustainability and peace? by fortin1984
I cannot deny that there is an upward trend towards universal alignment on some goods. The tricky part is making sure we don't equate universal agreement on what is good with what is good and so ought to be universally agreed to. If we reduce universal morality to just consensus without clearly defining what the good is, we could see universal agreement around things that may not actually be good in the future, especially if there is a reversal of democratization, access to education, and higher standards of living that contribute to certain goods being adopted over others.
gobbo t1_ja9s9n4 wrote
Yep, any ethics that doesn't involve reflexivity and rigorous questioning is likely to go off the rails.
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