On 29 Jan, 21:38, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't think so, Chris. Personally, I tend to use both terms
> synonymously. Ethics may, perhaps, have a slightly more philosophical
> flavour.
>
> Francis
>
Just to add my own tuppence here, I use the term 'morals' to express
an individual's views and the term 'ethics' to describe a society's
views. Therefore a person who always acts ethically is hard to spot
in his home country but easier abroad; however, if ANY of us can live
up to our OWN moral standard, we should be considered for sainthood.
Of course, a person MAY choose to make no REAL moral judgements on
their own, thus being completely amoral, and still choose to live
ethically in the society in which they reside.
> On 29 Jan., 21:19, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Aren't we conflating two separate issues when we use the words ethics and
> > morals interchangeably?
>
> > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:04 PM, ornamentalmind
> > <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> > > In a different thread, fran suggested an exploration of morality in
> > > the context of economics and society. Rather than rephrase him, here
> > > are his words:
>
> > > "…Most importantly, for me at least, many contributions (including
> > > your
> > > own appeal to charity) seem to point to some kind of primacy of the
> > > "ethical" in the organisation of human societies, be it within a
> > > "capitalist" or a "socialist" framework. This point came home to me
> > > after reading the thought-provoking article by Howard A. Doughty (and
> > > doesn't he live up to his name! :-)) in the link provided by Don. Of
> > > course, this insight raises many more questions: how do we achieve
> > > more consciousness of the primacy of moral values in society/markets/
> > > public life, how do we educate for real morality in society, and,
> > > most
> > > fundamtentally, what do we really mean by morality and what systems
> > > of
> > > morality can we propose for our complex, splintered, internetworked,
> > > interdependent, open/closed contemporary societies?
> > > What a wriggling can of worms! Back to Plato, Aristotle and all the
> > > others ... ;-)" – fran
>
> > > I agreed and wish to explore the area…what we mean by morality, how to
> > > educate for it etc. My responding post:
>
> > > "Fran, I find that you have pointed to the heart of the matter…
> > > ethics.
> > > As far as I see it, if different people have different ethics, it is
> > > probable they will espouse differing economic and/or social systems
> > > based upon their personal point of view. This seems so obvious.
> > > Many here have studied the subject, formally and informally. And, of
> > > course, each person has an opinion. For me, some sort of empathetical
> > > or at least sympathetic analysis of how differing ethoses function
> > > would be appreciated. And, yes, even in this simple request, my
> > > personal ethos/morality shines through.
> > > I have a few ideas on how to progress, however I'll wait and see if
> > > those better versed in the topic can guide us towards a more fruitful
> > > discussion. " – orn
>
> > > So, since the other topic continues to appear to include
> > > contradictions to this notion, I'm starting a new one to address it
> > > for those who wish to explore rather than reject.- Hide quoted text -
>
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