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(...) If my seven year old son trades his PBJ at the lunch table in school for the next kid's swiss on rye, was it merchandise? If not, is it because of your profit clause above, or because it wasn't a cash transaction? He thought it was a (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Morals & Ethics reprise (was ...)
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(...) Nope, that's pretty close. I would say that ethics are not a combined morality, but rather are a suggested morality, but that's only because it has a different implication of the derivation.(1) Further, something as broad as a societal ethic (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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That's more or less what *I* mean (agreeing with James' further tweaking of these words), but those are not the accepted definitions of the word, not exactly. Generally, the definitions for the words "moral(s)" and "ethics" are very similar, except (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So-- ok, I've heard several times now that there's a distinction between ethics and morality. Personally I never was aware of the distinction, but what exactly is it for those who distinguish? At a guess, I'd say you're defining it as: - (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Me too! (and considering a post or two as well) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Slur used in Libertarian fliers (was Re: Fatwah)
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(...) You forgot to point out that you have (to your satisfaction, if not to mine) invalidated some of them through other means, Dave! GRIN. (24 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Heh. I know what you mean... in hunting down the reference, I found myself rereading the entire thread. :) James (24 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's REALLY good James! The lexicographers should be talking to us, Baby! "YOUR morals are not OUR ethics." I will always remember this point of distinction. Damned slippery words... -- Hop-Frog (24 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Customs question...
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(...) Bottom line is that *you* don't get to define merchandise, the people who wrote the form (and made the law) do. Doesn't matter what you think. thanks, James (24 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Slur used in Libertarian fliers (was Re: Fatwah)
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(...) Agreed. It would be more of a reasonable PR move than a necessary statement of party purity. Harry Browne, for that matter, isn't exactly a paragon of virtue, but that absolutely does *not* invalidate even a single tenet of the Libertarian (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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