SimonDoom
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Which is why I suggested above that some kind of a summary of views (by author count, not name) would be interesting. It was clear to me from the start that many of us have the notion of personal, individual ethics, which you've acknowledged takes you by surprise.
Your acknowledgment also explains why some conversations run at cross-purposes, if there's an assumption been made as to meaning, which turns out not to be aligned.
This is the $64 issue. Debates over definitions are not meaningful; debates are only meaningful once we've agreed on the terms we're going to use, so we can meaningfully clash on grounds of policy and morality. But the exploration of what we mean by terms like "morals" and "ethics" can still be illuminating.