First, everyone, don't EVER call anyone 'stupid' here,
ever.
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Originally Posted by Rhetts_mama  Since when is ethics on a sliding scale? |
I get mentally exhausted when people refer over and over to ethics on this board, as if ethics were
born unto this earth right along with the amoeba.
So yes, ethics is whatever
you choose to ascribe to. Because
your set of ethics is *this over here*, it does not, by definition mean someone else's set of ethics is simply wrong....nor does does it mean a code of ethics is 'right' just because some people developed it. Ethics is pretty much the most subjective branch of philosophy there is. It's something you
ascribe to as a group or individual, it's not fact. Also, codes of ethics change over time, so that alone is evidence of their abstract nature.
Def of ethics:
that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions. Quote:
Originally Posted by RachelandSadie is there a place for both? |
Yes. Women used to be prohibited from the vote, black people were seen only as slaves, rape used to legal, beating your wife was once legal, animal cruelty was once legal. There are great changes being made about Homophobia.
Is the color of a yorkie as important as these issues? *Shrugs*, I dunno. But yes, since all things are possible, I do believe there is a place for both. I don't know what that 'place' looks like, but it must certainly be better and more healthy than some of the ugliness that always occurs in these threads, yes?
Regarding the tri-color issues, it's disheartening when some people are compelled to runnnnnnnnnnn to opposite poles as fast as they can, locked and loaded -- rather than coming to the middle for some kind of consensus, acceptance, and real discussion.