Ethical Calculus
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| Ethical Calculus | |
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| Requires | Social Psych |
| Leads to | Intellectual Integrity, Gene Splicing |
| Facility | Children’s Crèche |
| Social choice | Democratic |
Some vices miss what is right because they are deficient, others
because they are excessive, in feelings or in actions, while virtue
finds and chooses the mean.
- —Aristotle,
- “Nichomachean Ethics”, Datalinks
- —Aristotle,
Throughout the history of mankind, philosophers have grappled with the question: ‘How shall we then live?’ Ethical Calculus lays down mathematical principles uncovered by Social Psych to address this question, essentially providing calculations and functions that determine appropriate behavior.
