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What r/Ethics is talking about this week

r/Ethics has 51,546 members and 5 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 4.9 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

51,546members
5posts in the last 24 hours, newest 5 h ago
4.9comments an hour right now, newest 1 h ago
95points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/Ethics this week

morality17wrong15life11ethical10abortion9evil8punishment7moral7person6response6self6never6

Top threads this week

  1. Woman Dies After ChatGPT Tells Her To Stop Taking Epilepsy Medication—And Now Her Family Is Suing
    95 points62 comments3 d ago
  2. Am I ethically wrong for getting my abortion?

    I (17f) was SA'd in my school locker room and got pregnant. I told my dad (mom passed few years ago), and he is very supportive about whatever I want to do. Now, I am certain that I want an...

    48 points106 comments1 d ago
  3. Do you think a person can genuinely convince themselves that they're innocent after knowingly ruining someone else's life? Or is it simply human nature to justify our actions whenever admitting guilt becomes inconvenient?
    42 points37 comments3 d ago
  4. Am I just as bad as the people I hate?

    Stumbled by coincidence into the true crime community on tiktok and I found genuinely the worst specimens I've seen. Just blatantly, openly evil. I'm sure if you've been on the internet long...

    5 points8 comments4 d ago
  5. Would you still defend your own people if you knew they were wrong?
    4 points44 comments6 d ago
  6. How Much Good Would It Take Before Refusing to Take a Life Becomes Morally Wrong?

    If God came to you, and only you, just this once, and told you that killing one innocent person would guarantee world peace forever, would you do it? If yes, what is the minimum number of years of...

    3 points48 comments4 d ago
  7. Detachment is not indifference. It’s the only honest response to a self that was never as solid as you assumed.
    3 points2 comments6 d ago
  8. Punishment and all knowing

    Let’s say I’m an all knowing being and decide to punish a group of people for evil crimes. I chose a person from the group and have two buttons in front of them. I say if this select person...

    2 points9 comments2 d ago
  9. Plato’s Sophist, on Truth, Falsity, & Seeming — An online live reading group led by Constantine Lerounis starting Nov 7, all welcome
    2 points0 comments2 d ago
  10. Why We Need Iris Murdoch Now
    2 points0 comments2 d ago

Newest posts

  1. Foreign medical costs?
    1 points2 comments5 h ago
  2. El odio de personas con vih
    0 points1 comment9 h ago
  3. Question
    0 points0 comments11 h ago
  4. Why do people think life in prison is worse than the death penalty when it isn't?
    0 points18 comments19 h ago
  5. Slaves negotiate. Sons inherit. The moment you start bargaining with God for approval, you’ve already forgotten which one you are.
    0 points3 comments21 h ago
  6. Am I ethically wrong for getting my abortion?
    48 points106 comments1 d ago
  7. Please answer this question
    0 points53 comments1 d ago
  8. Why is it wrong to prioritize our own?
    0 points22 comments2 d ago
  9. Are we considered evil no matter what?
    1 points13 comments2 d ago
  10. Punishment and all knowing
    2 points9 comments2 d ago
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