Hello everyone and thank you for stopping by and reading this post.
If I may ask something please..... Could we please have just your personal definitions and or understanding of the morality and ethics and the differences between these two concepts.
For those that are of the "christian" persuasion would you please also contribute a comment or two on what you feel the term "christian morality" and "christian ethics" would mean.
My friend just found out that her ex has been withholding information about his annual income, despite a court order requiring his full disclosure. Based on the difference between what he was telling her his income was and what it actually is since she forced disclosure through the court, she figures he owes her (their child, really) approximately $15,000 from the past 3 years.
What follows is an interesting quote from a book by Donald Capps called "Deadly Sins & Saving Virtues." In this quote, he is talking about the work of two moral philosophers, Judith Shklar and Mary Daily.
I am curious if anyone knows the rules re Canada Day.
I discovered earlier this week that our plant is closed down on Friday, July 3rd, not Wed, July 1st. Surprised me, but, then I figured, ok, maybe the rules changed.
Are ethics absolute? Is there definite black and white?
I suspect it's a sliding scale. For example, take two men. One gets in a fight, and stabs a man. The other, in a war, stabs a man, in hand to hand combat. Both are killings. But, one man goes to jail, and the other may get a medal.
I subscribe to the Pew Research mailing list and thought this might be a timely and interesting topic. If I've set it up right, there should be a linked graph in this topic as well as a link to the article on the Pew Forum site.
