Our ethical concerns are well seen on the model of Neurath’s boat (Chapter 1). We must inspect each part, and we have to do so while relying on other parts. But the result of that inspection may, if we are coherent and imaginative, be perfectly seaworthy. And if, relying upon it, we find ourselves in conflict with other boats sailing in different directions, there is no reason to lament that we are not seated in some kind of dry dock, certified by Reason or God. They are not in any such place, either.
