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UFie Ethics 101 by Naruki2006-11-19 12:55:59
  Grmph. A 90. by bitflipper2003-06-02 09:48:13
    I agree 100%. Ethics is not so much 'your benefit by LurkerMo2003-06-02 10:08:45
      Ethics have nothing to do with benefit. (n/t) by Slamlander2003-06-02 11:22:42
        I disagree by bitflipper2003-06-02 11:29:33
          Benefit may be a temptation but by Slamlander2003-06-02 11:37:54
            Ethics requires you to decide based on everything by NOLAWitch2003-06-02 11:39:12
              Oklay, then what's the difference between ethics by Slamlander2003-06-02 11:54:14
                Honesty versus ethics by bitflipper2003-06-02 12:08:05
                  Lying is always dishonest by tigermouse2003-06-02 12:23:52
                    Honesty extends to behavior, too by bitflipper2003-06-02 12:56:48
                      I was commenting on one statement by tigermouse 2003-06-02 13:10:55
you said: "This allows the strange situation where one can be honest by lying. For example, if ones ethics dictate that one should never cause undue harm or upset to a person, and such a one is asked for an opinion about anothers appearance, then one could lie by responding "s/he looks quite nice" when one actually believes that the others clothes are mismatched and rumpled, and yet one would still be honest because one has adhered to ones own principles in giving the answer."

I don't wish to play word games, I merely think you were wrong. If someone asks for your honest opinion, and you lie to them, you were not honest. Lying may expedient, it may even be ethical in some situations, but it is not honest.
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