Re: virus: Methods of Thinking

Martz (martz@martz.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 27 Apr 1997 09:42:34 +0100

On Sat, 26 Apr 1997, Reed Konsler <konsler@ascat.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>From: Robin Faichney <r.j.faichney@stir.ac.uk>
>>Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 14:34:00 +0100
>
>>I always thought morality was required to say why you
>>should do something other than what suits yourself.
>>If you only believe in doing what suits you, why the
>>moralising, why not just get on with it?
>
>Some people might (and have) argued that morality is
>the practice of telling OTHER people that they should
>do something other than what suits THEM.

For that reason I would tend to use 'principles' rather than 'morality'
when discussing my own particular code of ethics.

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Martz
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