Ethics
 

I read the following on another forum:
" ... that the use of the term “ethical” carries a heavy weight of implications, and is more accurately describing a political point of view, particularly in the US."
Is that really the case, my Merkin friends? And if so, which "political" point of view is referred to here?
I know what the writer had in mind from the context, but wonder if that's really so for the majority of youse.




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sounds like BS to me. Ethical sems to be more legally oriented and moral seems to be more religiously oriented.

Yeah, what foot said.

A lot of people on the fringes lay claim to "ethical" viewpoints in politics... I guess I always saw ethics as a subset of philosophy often claimed but rarely seen in law or politics.

Ethical and Political are unfortunately diametrically opposed here now. Anyone I hear using them in conjunction is automatically placed in the lying bastard file, until proven innocent.

I usually want to work them over with this.

True, but groan. :lol:

Ethics or ethical is only an emotion IF you do not first define the principles upon what it is based. For example, Nazis defined ethids in terms of the superior race. Spinning the advancement of Germans into Germans are the masters of and responsible for leading the world. Their actions were ethical based upon the principles that defined their lives and justified their existance.

What are you principles? For example, what is the purpose of life in general; and your's in particular? If you cannot answer that, then you really do not know what is ethical.

In a parallel example, Descarte justified the existance of the world starting with a basic supposition. "I think, therefore I am." From this, he built a large and complex philosphy.

Socrates did something similar by asking damning questions; by exposing contradictions. In every case, these are great philosophers because they demanded underlying reasons for every conclusion. If asking what is ethical, then first define the underlying principles and reasons why that define your conclusion; to say what is ethical.

Ethical Fourier Transform

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It's true, I didn't pay a lot of attention to the big explosion in China, but if it had been in the US, I'd have gone online immediately for details. :yesnod:

...Yes.

Ofcourse. Your views on ethics and your views on politics are both going to be extensions of your values. There is actually good research into moral psychology in this regard: