Ethics and Values / Unit 5 Ethics 201 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Absolute Moral Rules
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The idea
An absolute moral rule holds without exception: no circumstance, however extreme or tempting, can make breaking the rule right.
In practice
"We do not read each other's mail — ever" is absolute in a house where "except when worried" never gets a hearing, from anyone.
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