Topic > My basic ethics as moral principles of right and wrong
David Hume disagrees with both Kant and Mill, Hume believes that it is our experience in life that determines our ethical decision, not logic and reason. I think Hume was absolutely right about the role of passion in ethics. Emotions, whether good or bad, encourage people to act on those emotions in any given situation. I believe this is true with respect to logic and reason. I believe that if you are passionate and care about something/someone, it will determine how you respond, react, or make an ethical decision, despite logic or reason. Just like in the video we saw about the man saving his sick wife, most of us chose the unethical and illegal thing to do (steal the medicine) because emotion took over our
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