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The Question of Which Morality Is Correct Cannot Be Answered: Who Would You Ask?
Susan Neiman’s essay in The New York Review of Books, published on September 24, explores the conflict between anthropologists and philosophers regarding universal ethics. While some view morality as local custom, others argue for underlying principles. The text notes that neither religious authorities nor biological instincts provide a definitive answer to which moral code is correct, highlighting the gap between factual practices and ethical ideals as described by David Hume and Nietzsche.
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