On 8/31/2012 1:13 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
On 30 Aug 2012, at 19:19, meekerdb wrote:
On 8/30/2012 10:03 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
On 29 Aug 2012, at 22:30, meekerdb wrote:
From experience I know people tend not to adopt it, but let me recommend a
distinction. Moral is what I expect of myself. Ethics is what I do and what I hope
other people will do in their interactions with other people. They of course tend to
overlap since I will be ashamed of myself if I cheat someone, so it's both immoral
and unethical. But they are not the same. If I spent my time smoking pot and not
working I'd be disappointed in myself, but it wouldn't be unethical.
I'm not sure I understand. "not working" wouldn't be immoral either. Disappointing,
yes, but immoral?
In my definition it would be immoral because I expect myself to work. It's personal.
It doesn't imply that it would be immoral for you to not work. But it would be
unethical for you to not work and to be supported by others. That's the point of
making a distinction between moral (consistent with personal values, 1P) and ethical
(consistent with social values, 3p).
OK, then I disagree (by which I mean that I am OK with you).
By "OK with you" I mean you are free to use personal definition orthogonal to the use of
the majority.
By "orthogonal" I mean ...
Hmm...
But it's not orthogonal, it's just at an slight angle. Do you see no distinction between
standards by which you judge yourself and those which by which society may judge you?
Brent
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