Ethics is Different and the Same (Synthesis)

We need to play the ethics game each day,

We all have a duty to eschew wrongs,

Biz, pol, art, and sci don't work the same way,

We can choose to sing or not sing their songs.


Biz as work *is* a universal rule,

The rep eth of work applies to us all,

To be a Rationalist star is cool,

Likewise to be average, to fight one's fall.


I'm committed to Rationalism,

Ethics is yet another game with stars,

I'm committed to average Joe-ism,

To a rep eth that's satisfied with pars.


Seeking ethics is different and the same,

To see how may help us play the great game.

     



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