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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
Personally, I don't think that what I consider to be sound ethics and morality are universal principles. I also don't believe that your wealth has any bearing on how intrinsically ethical or moral a person is.
I've known people who were very definitely well off whose ethics and morals were highly dubious to put it mildly. And I've known people almost at rock bottom who would and did gladly put others before themselves.
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I actually agree.
However I think that freedom from worrying about self preservation due to good finances (clumsy, I know, but couldn't find the right english word for what I wanted to say) does make it easier to speak of morality. If you're down and out you probably don't worry too much about anything else than the means to stay alive.
I think the global recession vs. the climate crisis is an example of that. No one cares one bit about the climate crises when ones own economy is severely threatened. And hey... It's after all mostly a problem for the third world countries in Africa and Asia.
If we do have to talk biology: organisms will always try to save themselves first... morality and ethics come second hand.