Friday 12 February 2010

A thought on ethical language

I'd say ethical language is a complete accident.
We are able to use the words "right" and "wrong" in the sense of physical phenomena, whether relating to one another e.g. it is right that leaves come from trees/bushes etc. Or with objective observations- that when when you drop something gravity causes it to fall.

But the mistake is when we apply those words to concepts other than physical phenomena or objective observation.

Language has rules, but this distinction is not one of them.

Ethical language, therefore, will undoubtedly be a struggle of ideology.

This considered.

Culture, whether ours or others, is terribly blinding.