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Minimalist ethics (a.k.a. the ethics of minima) refers to a philosophical perspective that advocates the need to identify minimum shared values in multicultural and pluralistic societies and thereby find the best possible common ground for people to live together peacefully. Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham was first to take such an approach and considered common law should consist of the fewest possible compulsory moral norms.
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ten Have, H., Patrão Neves, M. (2021). Minimalist Ethics. In: Dictionary of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54161-3_356
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