I'm inclined to perceive the matter from the point of view of cetana.clw_uk wrote:Or to argue from ethics
Murder appears as abhorrent to me, yet good to others. I cannot tell if murder is good or bad, just how it appears to me.
Abstracted codes and hypothetical scenarios have little bearing when the ongoing focus is on the quality of mind and the nature of intention in the present moment.
(Once again, sorry if that's boring, but a philosophy without possible application is boring to me, and when it comes to application, there is no application greater than the Dhamma. As you quoted elsewhere, ""They do not speculate nor pursue (any notion); doctrines are not accepted by them. A (true) brahmana is beyond, does not fall back on views.")
Metta,
Retro.