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<article-title>How Can We Determine Our Ethical Values? &#8211; The Universality and the Particularity Dilemma</article-title>
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<author>Ferit Uslu</author>

<aff>Hitit University, Turkey</aff>



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<p>  It seems clear that, in order to be regarded as ethically acceptable, our values ought to depend upon a universal principle. But when we examine it philosophically, that statement does not solve the problems about determining the ethical values of life. One of the problems about universal principles is related to their being too abstract and general. Accordingly, universal principles are so abstract and general that, they are incapable of solving the individual problems and providing guidance for individual situations faced in daily life. For example, universal principles such as &#8220;tell the truth&#8221; or &#8220;be fair&#8221; do not tell us much about how and under which circumstances we can obey those principles. Another problem about the universal principles is that sometimes they will be too demanding and specific that they give rise to a senseless and heartless uniformity which ignores particular human conditions. So, while determining the values for life the dilemma arises from the necessity of universal principles on the one hand, and the critiques of universal principles according to those two problems above, on the other hand. Our paper tries to suggest a solution on solving that dilemma.</p> 
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