Joking and sarcasm from the perspective of moral philosophies

The history of laughter is the history of humanity, the history of civilization, and therefore it was the gateway that philosophers knocked on to build the state (the ideal, the civil, the democratic, the progressive, justice...). Sometimes, to build thought, and other times, to delve into the human soul, and so on. Perhaps this partly justifies our saying "philosophies of ethics," as the ethical debate about the purpose of laughter and the causality of laughter occupied scholars and philosophers in various disciplines and different intellectual and philosophical issues (...). The visions varied, and the estimates and evaluations differed regarding the role of humor in building and maintaining moral values. It appears that part of this difference stems from the varying understanding of ethics and its function in human societies, and another part from the problematic nature of laughter and humor. The ethical question is complex and perplexing throughout the history of philosophical inquiry. In the realm of ethics, human issues intersect collectively and separately, with instinct and reason intertwined, the private and the public, the fixed and the variable, the material and the spiritual, and others. On the other hand, humor possesses an astonishing ability to influence and persuade to the extent that it can enhance and strengthen social relationships, as well as destroy and ruin them at the same time. Laughter condenses most existential questions that reconsider human truth, explore the possibilities of survival, dominance, and distinction, and examine the place of humans in the universe and their destiny within the historical process.