Good Enough

Why Humanists are ok with the fact that we have no absolute basis on which to judge morality.

Humanist ethics are situational.

Meaning that we have no absolute basis for our morality. What we consider moral or immoral is determined by the situation itself and our feelings of compassion.

This is obviously a rather subjective way of determining what is right and what is wrong.----more----

And it turns out that A LOT of people are REALLY uncomfortable with the subjective nature of Humanist ethics.

While I sympathize with people who want or need a more solid foundation, here is why situational ethics don’t bother me in the slightest.

Sometimes we just have to get things done even if the tools we are using to get it done aren’t perfect.

Ethics is like that.

Smart people have been trying to figure out a solid basis for morality for millennia and have failed.

Despite the fact that the best that our best minds can come up with are imperfect ethic systems that none of us agree on, we still have to get along with other people.

It is at this point that I think – eh – good enough.

I have an ethical system that, while not absolutely perfect, is good enough. It helps me navigate even the most difficult of relationships and situations quite well and that’s good enough for me.

I am not going to waste my time contemplating meta-ethics.

I’m too busy living.