Author: Chris MacDonald
In this post, Chris somehow replies to an editorial from "Boston Globe, (by a philosophy professor named Gordon Marino)". Marino makes a critic of ethicists who are doing nothing to change the world with their job. People still haven't changed their way of doing things and they (the ethicists) seem just to be getting paid for nothing.
Chris argues that first the "ethicists" should be identified. The people who are part of a company, generally are lawyers and secretaries who are not really the ones doing the "ethics" part. However, they do give advice. On the other hand, the ones really doing ethics are the philosophers like Chris.
Then of course, it does not make sense that because of not being able to change human nature, the making of ethics should stop. Advice should still be given and hope that people will heed it and act in an ethic way.
Perhaps I have misinterpreted things here, or over-simplified it... it may be because the topic is rather high for me... :-)
Chris argues that first the "ethicists" should be identified. The people who are part of a company, generally are lawyers and secretaries who are not really the ones doing the "ethics" part. However, they do give advice. On the other hand, the ones really doing ethics are the philosophers like Chris.
Then of course, it does not make sense that because of not being able to change human nature, the making of ethics should stop. Advice should still be given and hope that people will heed it and act in an ethic way.
Perhaps I have misinterpreted things here, or over-simplified it... it may be because the topic is rather high for me... :-)
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