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Axiom, Its Definitions and Kinds

Albert Einstein once said that ethical axioms were discovered and tested not in a very different way from those of science. The truth was what bore the test of time.
Initially, we should clear up what exactly the term ‘axiom’ means. Axioms are, actually «self obvious truths" or «generally accepted laws or rules." The first definition is more closely associated to ethical axioms while the second one is more suitable for the scientific ones.
So, in this meaning, an ethical axiom would say "It is bad to kill somebody," and a scientific axiom in its turn would say "Every object keeps on in its state of rest or invariable speed in a vertical line unless with 'sound' minds. This end must have been accomplished like a scientific axiom – by means of observation -- that is, by noting that killing someone awakes strong emotions and controversial actions in people associated to the killed in some way. A generally accepted test to see if some action is ethical is to attempt to find out if one would like the same thing to be done to oneself. When this test is made, the unchastely of killing someone is accepted. Now let’s have a look at the example of a scientific axiom, having been named a law. It was said that every object keeps on in its state of rest or constant speed in a vertical line unless some force affects it. This instance is famous as Newton's first law of motion. This law has been accomplished by means of careful observation of things in motion, and by means of the realization of friction as a kind of force. Realization of friction is really significant because when there is a friction, the moving objects gradually slow down and then stop. But, friction can be easily minimized for empirical purposes. A puck on a rink, for example, will glide almost at an invariable speed and in a straight line before a force acts on it, i.e. when someone hits it.

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