Pat, while perhaps not exactly what you mean...often I use the term ethos. It can help differentiate quite well.
http://www.onelook.com/?w=ethos&ls=a On Feb 2, 7:00 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
