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How Am I Doing?
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How Am I Doing? After doing some thorough research, I have come to the conclusion that it is almost impossible to accurately define ethics. In my pursuit for an answer, I turned to The New Merriam-Webster Dictionary which defines ethics as, "a discipline dealing with good and evil and with moral duty." I am unsatisfied with this definition as it clearly leaves room for personal interpretation and opinion. For instance, an individual may consider it a moral duty to never tell a lie under any circumstances. Surely, this doesn't mean that they would offend a dinner hostess by telling her that she had just served the worst meatloaf that they had ever tasted. Would they tell their best friend that her new baby was the ugliest infant that they had ever seen? Sometimes, it appears that it is more ethical to lie than to speak the truth. My own idea...
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