Bertrand Russell Quotes

Bertrand Russell Quotes 366
We are thus led to seek for some common property of as many as possible of the acts commonly approved (or disapproved). If all had such a common property, we should have no hesitation in defining this as “right”. But we do not find anything quite so convenient as this. What we do find is that most of the acts towards which people feel the emotion of approval have a certain common property, and that the exceptional acts, which have not this property, tend to be no longer approved of when people have become clearly aware of their exceptional character.
Source: Bertrand Russell: Human Society in Ethics and Politics, (1954), chapter98：Is there ethical knowledge ?
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What many people approve or disapprove of (or disagree with) varies from person to person, ethnic group to ethnic group and era to era. This can be tricky, as many people's feelings can influence what they consider to be 'right'.
　Problems do not arise when many people have similar feelings (actions), but problems and conflicts inevitably arise when many people have disparate feelings (actions).
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