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Ethics (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠about the good life. One cannot riddle one's way into it, and if the term 'ethics' conjures a hectoring moralism, a focus on misdeeds, a list of italicized demerits, then something has indeed been lost.

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Ethics (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠concerned with everyday existence-with the life that you sought to live, with wellness, not illness.

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Ethics (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠concerned with questions regarding human flourishing, about what it means for a life to be well lived -morality is about how we treat other people.

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Ethics (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not about conundrums or about finding solutions to conundrums. Kindness, friendship, and simply being nice are not about problems needing to be resolved, but are questions of existence-questions about what kind of people we are and wish to be.

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Ethics (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not just what we should do for others (morality) but concerns making a life for ourselves (which naturally involves morality).

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