--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Just to clarify, this isn't a statement about you per se > > > but about the nature of ethics. IMO, unethical behavior > > > is almost *defined* by the use of "It's just how things > > > are done," or "Everybody does it" or "They do it, too." > > > Ethics are about doing the right thing no matter what > > > anyone else does. > > > > Heh. But if everyone else does it, is it "unethical," by > > definition? > > If you have to ask, you need a course in ethics. > > Replace the word 'it' above with a few other words to > answer your own question. If 'it' = 'theft' is 'it' > unethical? If 'it' = 'murder' is 'it' unethical no > matter how many people do it?
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