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Originally Posted by Sparrow
In a nutshell, I think human behaviour can be explained by self-interest. When you understand peoples' motives, you understand their behaviour.
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You might be right but it is probably always possible to find exceptions, or at least cases where it is difficult to see what self-interest is being served, in relation to some bit of behaviour. What does one do with those cases?
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Originally Posted by Sparrow
I wonder to what extent we need to think of ethics at all outside of philosophical debates. Applying Occam's Razor seems to eliminate it from any discourse about how people actually behave.
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You might be right there too, but then we're not outside of philosophical discussion, we're on a discussion thread discussing philosophy.