How can you know, if at all, that our behaviour is ethical?
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Theory of Knowledge Essay First draft- Ines Mota How can you know, if at all, that our behaviour is ethical? Ethics is very subjective and relative. It is considered relative because there are different behaviours that may want to exemplify the same value and also, the same behaviour may want to exemplify different values in different cultures. This can be demonstrated as Oriental culture do not kiss other people in the cheek to say hello. They take that as an offence, while European individuals always kiss when saying hello. Ethics can be described as what the society accepts or rejects. Ethics can be subjective because it differs from each ones point of view. Something that may be not ethical to me, such as a secretary having an affair with the boss, may be totally accepted by someone else. It can also be very relative, as ethics are society codes, that change...

