tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post3507638228777453520..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Even bread types are subject to fashionagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-21395717421395498372008-11-10T16:41:00.000-05:002008-11-10T16:41:00.000-05:00This may not be the place to present this question...This may not be the place to present this question, but I was wondering about the use of the words "moral" as opposed to "ethical." <BR/><BR/>It seems declasse these days to refer to an action or person as "moral" or "immoral," however, people seem to do things because it would be "ethical" to do so and to refrain if doing so would be "unethical." <BR/><BR/>Do Whiter people aspire to be "ethical" but refrain from being "moral" which is judgemental? <BR/><BR/>----<BR/><BR/>Some examples from the paper: <BR/><BR/>The NY Times Magazine has a snarky and irritating "Ethicist" as advice biddy. <BR/><BR/>Medical "<B>ethics</B>." The latest cholestoral study:<BR/>"The researchers planned to follow the subjects for five years, but an independent panel monitoring the study stopped the trial in March after an average follow-up of less than two years, concluding that the benefit was so striking that it would be <B>unethical</B> to continue withholding the real drug from those taking the placebo. But no details were released at the time." <BR/><BR/>Public defenders: <BR/>“Right now a lot of public defenders are starting to stand up and say, ‘No more: We can’t <B>ethically</B> handle this many cases,’ ” said David J. Carroll, director of research for the National Legal Aid and Defender Association." (I would have said "in good conscience").Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-83503041984173294862008-11-06T03:00:00.000-05:002008-11-06T03:00:00.000-05:00I imagine the status mongering will go the way of ...I imagine the status mongering will go the way of the $4 latte in a sustained recession. And bread will be either stale or not stale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com