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UFie Ethics 101	by Naruki	2006-11-19 12:55:59
Grmph. A 90.	by bitflipper	2003-06-02 09:48:13
I agree 100%. Ethics is not so much 'your benefit	by LurkerMo	2003-06-02 10:08:45
Ethics have nothing to do with benefit. (n/t)	by Slamlander	2003-06-02 11:22:42
I disagree	by bitflipper	2003-06-02 11:29:33
Benefit may be a temptation but	by Slamlander	2003-06-02 11:37:54
Ethics requires you to decide based on everything	by NOLAWitch	2003-06-02 11:39:12
Oklay, then what's the difference between ethics	by Slamlander	2003-06-02 11:54:14
Honesty versus ethics	by bitflipper	2003-06-02 12:08:05
Ethics and Morals.	by LurkerMo	2003-06-02 12:17:57
Lovely! Somebody brought up "The Golden Rule"	by bitflipper	2003-06-02 12:23:20
Saddam Hussein on "Where Are They Now?"	by NOLAWitch	2003-06-02 12:25:52
Cute. But the Butcher of Baghdad...	by bitflipper	2003-06-02 12:32:10
Was it? Nobody knows where he is.	by Naruki	2003-06-02 12:39:45
You've got a point, there	by bitflipper	2003-06-02 13:01:59
It's not that they ARE exempt, it's that they	by NOLAWitch	2003-06-02 13:07:57
Excellent quote	by bitflipper	2003-06-02 13:30:31
"The only way to be above reproach is to conduct yourself so that there is no need of reproach." Succinct and memorable -- I like that. And it holds up well under examination, too. I one time tried to derive a system of ethics from first principles -- it's not that easy an exercise. Especially when the only first principle you'll allow yourself is "cogito ergo sum". But what I came up with had the Golden Rule embedded deeply within itself. It seemed to me that any being capable of acknowledging its own existence would also be able to acknowledge the existence of others, and would be able to posit motivations for those others similar to its own. Therefore, it would behoove any such being to treat other apparently self-aware and intelligent entities with the same respect it accords itself, out of the belief that those other entities would follow a similar line of thought and treat it with respect in return. In short, it would follow the Golden Rule. And why would it do so? Because "the only way to be above reproach is to conduct yourself so that there is no need of reproach."
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