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Large ethics.

David W Chambers

The Journal of the American College of Dentists

|September 10, 2008

Summary

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Ethics involves building communities through mutual promises, aiming for a better world. This approach focuses on reciprocal trust and overlapping strategies, rather than universal principles, to foster collective prosperity.

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Area of Science:

Social Sciences
Philosophy
Ethics

Background:

Traditional ethics focuses on individual behavior and universal principles.
This perspective often overlooks the communal and relational aspects of ethical development.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose an alternative framework for understanding ethics.
To redefine ethics as the creation of ethical communities through mutual promises and reciprocal trust.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis of ethical frameworks.
Exploration of game theory concepts applied to ethics (strategy overlap).
Examination of the challenges posed by subjective and shifting worldviews.

Main Results:

Ethics is reframed as a process of building communities via promises.
The "game" of ethics involves finding overlapping strategies for mutual benefit.
Sufficient common understanding for prosperity can be achieved despite individual differences.

Conclusions:

Ethical behavior does not require universal adherence to principles.
Focusing on a shared commitment to seeking better alternatives is key.
This relational approach to ethics facilitates collective progress and prosperity.