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It was my impression that morality regards the beliefs of one person/entity (here, Amazon) while ethics refers to a different/opposing group. So clearly Amazon
by branon 6y ago
It was my impression that morality regards the beliefs of one person/entity (here, Amazon) while ethics refers to a different/opposing group.
So clearly Amazon has no moral scruples about doing what they did, but to us (or others) it's ethically ambiguous.
- a1369209993 6y agoWell, disagreeing about which words to use doesn't necessarily mean there's any disagreement about the object-level situation, but FWIW, the definition I've generally heard is that "ethics" refers to the whole general "ought" side of the is-ought distinction, which is further divided into: axiology, which outcomes are actually desireable in the first place; morality, what actions and strategies people ought to follow to achieve those outcomes; and law (not, unfortunately, to be confused with actual law), how groups of people ought to act in order to deal with coordination problems and evil people.
- barumi 6y ago> So clearly Amazon has no moral scruples about doing what they did Dude, they picked a software project that was released to the world under a license that explicitly allows anyone and everyone to use it as they see fit, and they proceeded to use the software. Please do explain exactly wheredo you see any breech in morality.