Is ethics an adequate moral category, also applicable across human life?

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Workshop # 21, Adequacy of Ethics, Series 12, (S7,28) This event begins 7.30 pm S'pore & WA time, 12.30 pm UK, 7.30 am NY. An AI summary of the meeting will be in the relevant Youtube comments. You will need to view the relevant podcast below on YouTube before joining the meeting in order to participate in the discussion. https://youtu.be/YXmlfQyZZpk I know it's stupid, but please click 'like', as it promotes circulation. Join this group at meetup.com/philosophy-of-value-workshops And buy my book The Pursuit of Value from Amazon.com Books The workshops include of a prior presentation of the topic by myself on YouTube that you need to watch. The meeting itself consists of a brief review of the topic followed by questions and discussion. The weekly topic is posted a week before the event, together with a suggested reading from my work The Pursuit of Value, available through Amazon Books or myself. Transcripts of the Youtube presentation are available by email. THIS WEEK: Ethical theory and morality have been thought to express mankind’s highest values. But Nietzsche’s work on Beyond Good and Evil challenged the very idea of morality. Social and psychological theory have also weakened the notion of moral responsibility, and the major theories of ethics are in conflict and without secure justification. Is the idea of morality in danger of collapse, or can it be shored up or even replaced by other systems such as psychology, meaning, purpose or value? Reading: The Pursuit of Value, Ch. 4, Scn. i.