Thank you for a good question!
The obligatory norm mentioned in the earlier post is not a rule; it is a norm one may elect to follow. It is more-relevant to Morality than to other aspects of Ethics.
However, if one wants to be ethical, other people definitely do come into play: The Central Question of Life, of Practicality, and of Logic arises when one encounters others.
It motivates one to inquire (within oneself) "How can I make this a win-win interaction? How can I best be of service? How can I make someone happy, or give them a good laugh to enjoy, relieve them of stress, or help them achieve a worthwhile goal they have, showing them love, while at the same time fulfilling my purpose in life?
This implies that you have selected or found a purpose. This implies you want to live a purposeful life. This suggests you want your life to have meaning, so you intend to live a meaningful life.
To I-value them is to show them love. ‘Intrinsic-value’ is a technical term, an academic term, for ‘love.’ …not so much philia, nor eros, but rather (spiritual aga-p`e) – to employ some Greek words for the process of Intrinsic valuation.
AAnd love can drive out fear.
[We note that many power figures around the world today instill fear as a way of governing.They pursue the “divide and conquer” tactic to maintain power. Where Ethics and Political Science intersect is in the concept that the job of government is to see that its citizens attain increasing opportunity to live higher-quality lives than they did earlier. The criterion is: are the people truly better off than they were before this current administration came into office? And are their prospects for doing so continually getting better?]
What say you??