Deep ethics: The long-term quest to decide right from wrong

Deep ethics: The long-term quest to decide right from wrong NBC In The Good Place, Chidi is asked to test his response to the 'trolley problem' inside a real trolley on tracks Could the world ever agree on shared ethical principles? As Michael, another character in the series, puts it: “This is why everyone hates moral philosophy professors… it’s just that it’s so theoretical, you know.” NBC In The Good Place, Chidi is asked to test his response to the 'trolley problem' inside a real trolley on tracks So why do people continue studying ethics? For instance, the above statement only extended to men who owned property, and the code continued with other laws that completely dismiss the humanity of women, such as that if a man causes the death of another man’s wife “his daughter shall be put to death.” The Golden Rule It would take more than a thousand years before the first ethical theories emerged between 600 and 0BC. Getty Images One approach to deriving ethical principles is to explore how they might work as a universal law that applies to everyone Both approaches offer a combination of coherent moral guidance and a self-evident appeal that go beyond previous ethical thinking.