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different culture disagree about ethical issues then there can be no resolution of disagreement. In one country people greet by joining two hands, in other by rubbing nose, or still other by shaking hands or by hug or by bending upto chest.
If ethical relativism is true then it is impossible to say who is right or who is wrong like slavery or burning of widows on funeral pyre of husband Every one must do in interest of people or society & not only in his own interest. Rightness or wrongness depends on how it affects others & its consequences.
Utilitarian view of Singer believes that morally correct actions are those that results in greatest aggregate good means coșt. & benefit to all sentient being potentially affected by particular actions must be calculated & only those actions taken that maximize total pleasure & minimize total suffering. If some animal have to be tested with drug for research or organ transplant must weigh the cost to animal in terms & suffering associated with captivity experimentation & death equally with the benefits that will accrue to human.
Every now & then society faces ethical issues some religions believe these issues are under their domain of & rush to come up with new edicts, encyclicals & fatwas, new directives accepted by congregation but some cause emotional crisis, some confronting issues are gender equality, same sex marriages, gay, lesbian right euthanasia, capital punishments, the use of animals in medical research, genetic modification, cloning, nuclear. Weapons, dominance of religion in affair of state, drinking, drug, premarital sex, abortion, intensity varies by place & culture.
जहा दुमस्स पुप्फेसु भमरो आवियई रसं ण य पुष्कं किलामेई सो य पीणेइ अप्पयं ।।२।।
In Dasvaikalika Sutra second gatha's meaning-The way butterfly sucks honey from different flowers without hurting or harming them it satisfies its appetite. In same way organ transplant should be without causing any loss or harming the life of donor.
This paper highlights man's faith in science & technology as solution to all problems, But science can not provide ethical issues, science & technology has not been able to do what is expected means provider of morals or removal of suffering.
Modern world is sick of problems suicide, euthanasia, unbearable pain, frustration, loss of values, dissatisfaction, stress, strain, immorality for self achievement etc. Religion concerns with after life & science deals with material needs & life today & survival depends on spiritual values of religion with logical philosophy as science,
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