(In this respect, epistemology parallels ethics, which asks normative questions about how one ought ideally to act).
We need a parallel track of ethics for the large internet platforms, an ethics body that could give guidance on deletion policies, content moderation and better consumer control over what is shared and with whom.
The parallel point in ethics is that to make progress in this sphere we must already have come to enjoy doing what is just, courageous, generous and the like.
They also call attention to certain Mandaean affinities to Judaism: familiarity with Old Testament writings; parallels to Jewish ethics, particularly the high value placed on marriage and procreation; concern for cultic purity; and the use of Hebrew angelology.
On a theory according to which the aim of belief is complex, however, then parallels to the ethics of action become more complicated.
There is no parallel in Greek virtue ethics for the centrality of family life in the Confucian conception of the good life.
While some sort of research practicum is generally required for most health professional training in Africa, parallel training in the ethics of human subjects' research is not the norm.
Some experts in legal ethics see parallels in Enron's collapse to the savings and loan crisis of the early 90's, when three federal agencies pursued some 100 claims against lawyers over matters like losses from conflicts of interest and a failure to disclose fraud by the companies the lawyers represented.
For example, Jiyuan Yu (2007) argues that the concept of eudaimonia (happiness, living well, flourishing) in Aristotle and the concept of dao (the way for human beings to live) in Confucius are parallel starting points in their ethics, and that the next step in both their ethics is to discuss virtue (arete for Aristotle and de for Confucius).
On a parallel track, philosophical work in ethics has not been obliged to identify the steps to translate theoretical conclusions into adequate practice.
