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So "law and policy is just something a bunch of people decided was a good idea". What do you think ethics is? If we're going to be really strict, then everything about humans is "just a bunch of people decided was a good idea".

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The criticism is that using what the government said to justify what the government then said when both are opinions is weak and circular.

And government’s opinions change far more frequently than ethics.

Government tends not to opine on ethics in official communiques

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