We see things like reciprocity which are fairly central to our view of ethics. But if you're talking about a set of worked-out rules on what we are supposed to do then, yes, it is a human product.
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To me, it really seems visible today that ethics is not something exterior to the economy, which, as technical matter, could function on its own; rather, ethics is an interior principle of the economy itself, which cannot function if it does not take account of the human values of solidarity and reciprocal responsibility.
Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.
In day-to-day life, you have stimulus to behave unethically, but in the long term, it always pays off to be ethical.
A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.
Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.
Ethics are pre-determined and a matter of discovery, not a evolved concept.
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
Ethics to me is very important.
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.
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