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Lord Ethics

He is constantly judging people with his lord ethics.
by Wold2 July 1, 2022
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Scalable ethics

Scalable Ethics is the concept that corporations have a threshold where the forces of maximising profit and growth come into conflict with their ethical or environmental practices, values, and aspirations. It's a term used to interrogate the authenticity of ‘corporate social responsibility’ practices and publicity.
Is this a case of scalable ethics, cutting sustainability initiatives to improve profits?
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group ethikas

shitty booty ass drawls/ nutty drawls passed around in a group
yo give me the group ethikas nigga fore i swiss cheese you fuck nigga
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GBA ethics

GBA ethics is used as a brainrot.
by anonymous December 7, 2024
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Alien Ethics

The philosophical and moral framework developed to govern interactions with non-human, extraterrestrial intelligences or ecosystems. This isn't just about being polite; it's about grappling with questions for which human history provides no clear answers. Does the "Prime Directive" apply? Do they have rights? Is it ethical to alter their world for our needs, or to domesticate their lifeforms? It forces us to define "personhood," "sentience," and "value" in a cosmic context, moving beyond anthropocentrism.
Example: The debate over whether to strip-mine an asteroid that is also the nesting ground for strange, crystalline Alien Lifeforms is a problem of Alien Ethics. So is deciding if we should attempt to cure a plague afflicting a hostile but sentient alien species, or let natural selection take its course. It's morality stretched across light-years.
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Critical Ethology

The application of critical theory to the study of animal behavior—examining how assumptions about nature, instinct, and hierarchy in ethology reflect human social structures and power relations. Critical Ethology asks: Are animal behavior studies projecting human social norms onto animals? Do concepts like "dominance hierarchies" naturalize human inequality? How does the choice of which animals to study and which behaviors to emphasize reflect cultural biases? Critical Ethology doesn't reject ethology; it insists that studying animals is also studying ourselves, and that we should be aware of what we're projecting. It's ethology with the mirror held up to the observer.
Critical Ethology "They studied wolf packs and found 'alpha males'—then used that to justify human hierarchy. Critical Ethology asks: did they find nature, or did they find what they were looking for? Later research showed wolf packs are families, not dominance contests. The science reflected the society, not the other way around. Critical Ethology keeps us honest about what we're projecting onto animals."
by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026
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Marxist Ethology

The application of Marxist analysis to the study of animal behavior—examining how concepts of nature, instinct, and hierarchy reflect class relations and how animal studies might illuminate or obscure human social dynamics. Marxist Ethology asks: Do ethological concepts like "territoriality" naturalize private property? Does focus on "competition" reflect capitalist ideology? How might a materialist analysis of animal behavior differ from idealist or individualist approaches? Marxist Ethology doesn't reduce animals to economics; it insists that how we study animals reflects how we think about society, and that a class analysis can illuminate both.
"They study animal 'territoriality' as if it explains human property. Marxist Ethology asks: isn't property a social relation, not a biological drive? Projecting capitalist categories onto animals then using animals to justify capitalism is circular. A materialist analysis would ask different questions: about cooperation, about resources, about survival. Marxism isn't just for humans; it's for understanding how we understand everything."
by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026
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