Difference between the ethics of pragmatism and divine will.

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There’s a joke from the TV version of Dilbert, in the episode Ethics they when asked about anything ethical, the character asks if they are talking about the ethics of pragmatism or divine will. What exactly do they mean by the difference between the two of them.

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Ethic pragmatism: don’t do things that hurt other people, because if you do they will hurt you back.

Religious ethics: don’t do the things that our god doesn’t like.

Often they have a lot of overlap (don’t kill people, don’t steal stuff), but they also have differences

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