Foo - "Tell us about your morality and ethics!"
I don't have any
I'm even half serious here
The problem with set moral or ethical codes is really they need to be assessed for each and every situtation. Lets take a few examples;
Stealing - Robin Hood
Killing - Euthanasia, Self-Defence, Abortion (they open up whole cans of their own)
Free will to make your own choices - mental illness, dementia, age, mental disability
There's even some more complex but equally obvious ones like;
Don't force your beliefs of how to act onto others.
Usually when this is said people picture the religious and other fantatics but consider this. The law is simply put an idea of how you should behave, if you don't, and you're caught, you go to prison to try and enforce correct procedure. Or even more close to home, the potential for a spoilt child.
There's a lot of questions which could be asked like 'do I believe people have the right to ... ' which is usually answered by 'yes, but...'
In a lot of cases I think people should keep their own noses out of things they don't, but that's another topic.
Perhaps it's more a question of 'what would you give up for others', it's a selfish / selflessness question.
Last weekend I (along with others) helped some friends move house. To do this I gave up my time, some of the skin off the top of my foot, and the chance to spend longer at a party (though admittedly I only knew one of those ahead of time).
Is that part of an ethical / moral code, to help others in need. Yes. It's a question of how far.
I'm not a selfless person, in fact I'd probably consider myself quiet selfish I guess and in this case I gave up very little to 'I hope' help a lot, plus I got fed Chinese. It's not a quid pro quo but should I need to in the future I could ask for a favour back and not feel like I was taking advantage (well I might but it depends on how funny something is). It's like the reverse of 'one upmanship' which ends up with fueds blowing out of proportion.
Do I have morality and ethics.
Well yes, I guess I do but as a rule they aren't hard and fast beyond 'lend others a hand, be happy, keep life simple' I guess and that's only if I have to put them into words and then they're more guidelines.
I'm even half serious here
The problem with set moral or ethical codes is really they need to be assessed for each and every situtation. Lets take a few examples;
Stealing - Robin Hood
Killing - Euthanasia, Self-Defence, Abortion (they open up whole cans of their own)
Free will to make your own choices - mental illness, dementia, age, mental disability
There's even some more complex but equally obvious ones like;
Don't force your beliefs of how to act onto others.
Usually when this is said people picture the religious and other fantatics but consider this. The law is simply put an idea of how you should behave, if you don't, and you're caught, you go to prison to try and enforce correct procedure. Or even more close to home, the potential for a spoilt child.
There's a lot of questions which could be asked like 'do I believe people have the right to ... ' which is usually answered by 'yes, but...'
In a lot of cases I think people should keep their own noses out of things they don't, but that's another topic.
Perhaps it's more a question of 'what would you give up for others', it's a selfish / selflessness question.
Last weekend I (along with others) helped some friends move house. To do this I gave up my time, some of the skin off the top of my foot, and the chance to spend longer at a party (though admittedly I only knew one of those ahead of time).
Is that part of an ethical / moral code, to help others in need. Yes. It's a question of how far.
I'm not a selfless person, in fact I'd probably consider myself quiet selfish I guess and in this case I gave up very little to 'I hope' help a lot, plus I got fed Chinese. It's not a quid pro quo but should I need to in the future I could ask for a favour back and not feel like I was taking advantage (well I might but it depends on how funny something is). It's like the reverse of 'one upmanship' which ends up with fueds blowing out of proportion.
Do I have morality and ethics.
Well yes, I guess I do but as a rule they aren't hard and fast beyond 'lend others a hand, be happy, keep life simple' I guess and that's only if I have to put them into words and then they're more guidelines.