Ethics - What are yours like?

Dude111 · 02-02-2026, 16:57

I was wondering ..

How do you guys see yourself in relation to morale and ethics? Do you consider yourself a moral being or not? Do ya follow abstract principles (act so that you minimize suffering/maximize happiness) or do you follow a morale that is more context-related (everyone else is full so it doesnt matter if I steal the last piece of cake)?

You dont have to get too philosophical or too niched. I think everyone is aware that most who follow absolute rules will sometimes be a bit utilitarian or opportunistic and vice versa for the others. Just roughly try to describe yourself and explain your "rules" even if you dont follow them 100%

Anonymouse · 02-02-2026, 18:51

I'm no doctor, but "First, do no harm" works for me.

I don't steal. I confess I sometimes did as a kid (a common phase). Not because I might get caught (though it is a factor), but because I'm too proud. I might if I had to.

I would only kill if it was the last resort, i.e. a survival issue. I used to kill insects and spiders. I don't now. But I've always tried to be kind - a hedgehog (needed my gloves!) and a frog I moved out of traffic, a concussed squirrel I found in the road. True, greys are classed as vermin, but it was cute and I thought it deserved a chance, surviving being hit by traffic as it had. A vet checked it over, found it was okay (lucky little thing) and I released it the next day, feeling good.

I don't belittle people. Partly because I don't like it, partly because it isn't safe:

Those who took a perverse pleasure in deriding the unfortunate lost more than they knew and risked more than they imagined. No human being, no matter how insignificant, can safely be demeaned. Always there is present the danger of restraints snapping, of self-control giving way beneath the impact of one insult too many. Of pride and the need to be an individual bursting out in a tide of relentless fury.

- Dumarest Saga #15, "Spectrum Of A Forgotten Sun"

Case in point: me. As a kid I put up with verbal abuse for years. Then one day I literally saw red and clocked 'im one. Result? He never bothered me again. In fact he never bothered anyone again. Years later I heard he'd become a fairly decent bloke. Sometimes 'knock some sense into him' is more than a metaphor.

I don't cheat. Cheaters only cheat themselves. I knew better even as a kid. If I lose, I lose.

I don't lie, as a rule. Mum taught me that. Again, only if I have to. Unlike some, every detail on my CV is true and accurate.

I don't brag. I have a degree, it's true. But this does not make me a better person. Just better educated. 'Smart' and 'educated' are not synonymous. Case in point: the Government.

Um...I think that's it.

Mr K · 02-02-2026, 18:59

I hate Ethics (and Sussex).

thenry · 02-02-2026, 19:43

Hey!

Itshim · 02-02-2026, 22:38

Get your revenge in first, never trust anyone . Never a lender or borrower be . If it looks to good to be true it probably is. These about sum up my families view on business as to ethics, great if you can afford them. personally I was always a great disappointment to my father, giving my pocket money away as a child, to local tramps, buying old ladies shopping,as a teenager. Still in personal life a soft touch. Never ever in business.

peanut · Yesterday, 05:52

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Originally Posted by Itshim

Get your revenge in first, never trust anyone . Never a lender or borrower be . If it looks to good to be true it probably is. These about sum up my families view on business as to ethics, great if you can afford them. personally I was always a great disappointment to my father, giving my pocket money away as a child, to local tramps, buying old ladies shopping,as a teenager. Still in personal life a soft touch. Never ever in business.

Yeah but back in 1809 things were different back then...

tweetiepooh · Today, 10:25

'And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” '

Matthew 22:37-40 (ESV)

Itshim · Today, 15:30

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Originally Posted by peanut

Yeah but back in 1809 things were different back then...

This from the 1960s

Back when you say , my great grandad was more a shoot them kind of guy . Family belief is that he killed at least 4 men , no matter what you think , the family trust( ie businesses) support 16+. Family members. And around 300 workers , must be doing something correctly