Summary: The Fundamental Yardstick
The "Fundamental Yardstick" is proposing a direct reference for all to use that is based upon common standards and morals.
By using this ethical yard stick, White proposes that we set aside are personal, emotional standards, that often times have no reasoning or evidence to defend themselves, and instead, to judge things on how they affect the human good, whether positively or negatively. This in turn will help us to decide whether something is moral or immoral. This yard stick is based upon three main ideas( Harmful Consequences, Inappropriate Actions, and Important Standards) that an average person would use to explain whether something is morally wrong or not. Though we all have very different person beliefs and morals the majority
By using this ethical yard stick, White proposes that we set aside are personal, emotional standards, that often times have no reasoning or evidence to defend themselves, and instead, to judge things on how they affect the human good, whether positively or negatively. This in turn will help us to decide whether something is moral or immoral. This yard stick is based upon three main ideas( Harmful Consequences, Inappropriate Actions, and Important Standards) that an average person would use to explain whether something is morally wrong or not. Though we all have very different person beliefs and morals the majority