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If I had a very good memory, would it be unethical for me to write down our conversation word for word when I got home, for the same purposes?
by googlryas 4y ago
If I had a very good memory, would it be unethical for me to write down our conversation word for word when I got home, for the same purposes?
- serf 4y agokinda-ish. the love letters of James Joyce to Nora are surely a gross violation of privacy that would never be ethically allowed now -- the only reason it is tolerated is due to the historical nature of the character in question. Similarly I can imagine outrage if the personal conversation of two famous people were somehow released to the public during a time relevant to the people at hand, especially if the conversation was somehow risque or damning. and by all accounts it's easier to have documents stolen now than it was when conceptually a document was a paper sitting in a safe or a bookshelf. So, in principle I don't think that the writing itself is unethical, however that information could be considered privileged, in which case it's unethical not to make every possible attempt at securing it. In other words the act isn't unethical but it can quickly snowball into ethically grey territory.
- nobody9999 4y ago>If I had a very good memory, would it be unethical for me to write down our conversation word for word when I got home, for the same purposes? No. Nor would I find it unethical for you to take notes during the conversation. I meant exactly what I said, no more, no less: I do not want to be *surreptitiously* recorded. Full stop. Please refer any additional questions in this vein to my attorneys[0][1]. [0] http://www.dewey-cheatham-howe.com/ http://www.dewey-cheatham-howe.com/ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey%2C_Cheatem_%26_Howe#Gag_names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey%2C_Cheatem_%26_Howe#Gag_... Edit: Fixed typo, formatting.