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> For instance, liars are shamed, even though it would be ridiculous (and harmful) to create laws against lying in all cases. But lying under oath or false adv
by 908B64B197 5y ago
> For instance, liars are shamed, even though it would be ridiculous (and harmful) to create laws against lying in all cases.
But lying under oath or false advertising are illegal.
> for example, the illegality of corpse desecration is not about harm, but about ethics - what it says about our society if it were legal.
That's morals, not ethics. And it's rooted in religions.
- claudiawerner 5y ago>But lying under oath or false advertising are illegal. That's why I said "in all cases". Clearly, lying isn't only immoral in the cases of lying under oath or false advertising. It's still immoral for me to say that a ball is "out" in tennis when I clearly saw that it's "in", even if doing so is not illegal in most cases. >That's morals, not ethics. And it's rooted in religions. The difference is immaterial. Even most ethical codes are rooted in religious thinking at some poitn in their formation. That doesn't make them invalid ethical codes. Ethical codes are generally constructed on the basis of morality, or in some cases on the basis of professional conduct - but even that isn't only practical.