I humbly suggest that ethics are not universal but heavily culturally dependent.
Source? We don't know the actual skin tone of Ancient philosophers, but it's likely that Greek and Roman philosophers (many of which were born in and lived in Middle East or Africa) were of darker skin than the Germanic barbarians, whom they considered inferior.
But nothing about the principle that societies are entitled to decide for themselves how to govern themselves requires people in America to accept Americans doing business with other people who have very different values. That’s a completely different matter.
- this message was made in china, like your shirt, your shorts, your socks, and so on snd so on.
I think there's a difference between doing the minimum that is not a disadvantage and making a relationship with an ethical discount country your competitive advantage.
I don’t think your example supports the point you think you’re making.
By "the Saudis" you mean the ruling family? Those are the only people who are deciding anything in SA.
If we argue which type of death is more or less pleasant we've directly descended into not just the Middle East, but the Middle Ages.
That being said, I enjoy my individual rights in the US and wouldn’t live anywhere else but there is a valid argument to be made that our ethics are sometimes a little too short sighted/individualistic and not holistic enough.
(I’m also definitely against the death penalty, just trying to make a point)
The deterrence does work and saves countless lives that would have been taken from ODs and cartel-ish activities
Singapore = if you have money all of their supposed laws etc do not apply (just like so many other places).
Who would have thought that cutting someone's limbs off as a punishment would result in nearly very little theft in those countries too.
People that don't realize that can just crawl back to their cave and live out the darwinistic dreams there. (Just speaking/ranting generally here now.)
> Who would have thought that cutting someone's limbs off as a punishment would result in nearly very little theft in those countries too.
Only people that don't read up on the science. Draconian measure affect crime rates much less than immediate negative feedback after the crime (which doesn't need to be draconian).