thomblake comments on The 5-Second Level - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 09 May 2011 05:18:35PM 0 points [-]

If it's purely personal, why call it moral?

I'm confused. With Sidgwick, I define 'ethics' as 'the study of what one has most reason to do or to want', and take 'moral' to in most cases be equivalent to 'ethical'.

Then, 'morality' is indeed purely personal, but being very similar creatures we can build off each others' moral successes.