Ethics 101

What This Book Covers

1. Chapter One - The Moral Instinct
2. Chapter Two - Tribal Right and Wrong
3. Chapter Three - God Said So
4. Chapter Four - The Greek Split
5. Chapter Five - Roman Duty and Stoic Fire
6. Chapter Six - Christian Love and Hellfire
7. Chapter Seven - Enlightenment Machines
8. Chapter Eight - Nietzsche Breaks the Table
9. Chapter Nine - The Ethics of the State
10. Chapter Ten - Rights, Wrongs, and Law
11. Chapter Eleven - Profit and Pain
12. Chapter Twelve - The Algorithm Has No Conscience
13. Chapter Thirteen - The Line Moves

Excerpt

CHAPTER ONE The Moral Instinct YOU ALREADY KNOW what’s right and wrong. At least, you feel like you do. If someone cuts in line, cheats on their partner, punches a puppy, or lets a grandma fall over in public, your gut reacts before your brain even clocks the details. That reaction? That’s your moral instinct firing. You didn’t need to read Plato. You didn’t need Ten Commandments. You didn’t need to go to church, class, or court. It just hits. And it’s not just you. Monkeys visibly protest when they see another monkey get a better reward for the same job. Dogs sulk when one gets scolded and the other doesn’t. Elephants mourn their dead. Chimps break up fights. Even rats have been shown to...