The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.
Those of us who believe in God and derive our sense of right and wrong and ethics from God's Word really have no difficulty whatsoever defining where our ethics come from. People who believe in survival of the fittest might have more difficulty deriving where their ethics come from. A lot of evolutionists are very ethical people.
Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.
A growing body of evidence suggests that humans do have a rudimentary moral sense from the very start of life.
Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.
I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics.
Ethics to me is very important.
I think we need to start thinking about grounding our moral systems in our biology.
Ethics are pre-determined and a matter of discovery, not a evolved concept.
Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.