I've been refining an argument — ethics isn't a human invention. It's what a finite universe with conscious agents structurally requires

[PerpetuallyCurious]

I would say that ethics are necessary for humans who have volition but not omniscience. But ethical principles have to be discovered. They aren’t self-evident. I’m not saying that ethical principles exist apart from the mind, though. They aren’t floating around in space. Instead they are relational and conceptual.