ABSTRACT
Whenwethinkaboutethics,weareapttothinkaboutrightand wrong,moralityandimmorality,anduniversal,objectivestandards ofconduct.Thiswayofthinkingisinlargepartalegacyofthe Judaeo-Christiantradition,anditsinfluenceontheWestern intellectualtraditionissogreatthatwetendtoidentifyethicswith theseconceptsandthinkthatthereisnootherwaytothinkabout thesubjectthanintermsofthem.
