Popular culture has clogged our brains with layer upon layer of myths and misconceptions about ethics. These preconceived notions too often obscure the vital role of ethics in everyday life. They lead us to believe that there can be no rational analysis in ethics. It is imperative to clear out this sludge before we can make progress toward building a practical framework for resolving ethical issues.
The first misconception is that ethics exists to judge our moral worth. It does not. Its task is not to decide whether we are good people or bad people. There may be a higher power that judges us, but the mistaken notion that ethics makes this judgment raises an unnecessary barrier to rational discourse. ...
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