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Oh i agree entirely. Not weighing ethics and morals is a good way to lose your connection to humanity and aint healthy. I was mostly trying to point out that going purely by some form of thoeryically perfect moral or ethical standard with no nuance or reason to the reality of the wider situation. Doesn't actually help in a meaningful way.
Like i would personally love if i could just choose the option that most morally and ethically aligns with my personal beliefs. But i would either have to lie to myself to find such an option to exist in the first place. Or i would have to inconvience myself to such an extreme that it just devolves into the only moral choice is to not engage with anything every again. Which is equally silly.
Life is complex, morals and ethics should be a guide. But using them as a hard line to never cross with no nuance just isn't realistic with the complexity of life.