i have a particular ethics argument with people all the time.
i was a philosophy major, specilizing in ethics and meta ethics.
the category of statement/thought "ethics", for philosophers (well, ethicists at least. you know... those people who actually spend time thinking about systems of ethics?) does NOT encompass social mores, nicieties or even the law.
ethics describes good and evil, right and wrong. telling someone they're being an idiot, if it's the truth, is NOT an ethical statement or act. it may not be NICE, but it has nothing to do with ethics.
i'm not cetain what this has to do with your post, but it's a real pet peeve of mine. people trying to pass off certain statements or actions as "ethical" or "unethical" when, really, they've got nothing whatsoever to do with ethics.
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Date: 2005-11-11 05:43 pm (UTC)i was a philosophy major, specilizing in ethics and meta ethics.
the category of statement/thought "ethics", for philosophers (well, ethicists at least. you know... those people who actually spend time thinking about systems of ethics?) does NOT encompass social mores, nicieties or even the law.
ethics describes good and evil, right and wrong. telling someone they're being an idiot, if it's the truth, is NOT an ethical statement or act. it may not be NICE, but it has nothing to do with ethics.
i'm not cetain what this has to do with your post, but it's a real pet peeve of mine. people trying to pass off certain statements or actions as "ethical" or "unethical" when, really, they've got nothing whatsoever to do with ethics.
*grumble*
-S