Funny; because dictionary.com defines ethics as the study of moral values, or a theory or system of moral values.
> -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 3:52 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Being Gay: Nature or Nurture? > > "Understood" implies that it was absolute and undeniable truth, which, > it's patently not, since lots of people disagree. Change "understood" > to "believed" and drop "moral" from that sentence and you've got a > deal. > > "It was an ethical judgement based on what they believed to be true." > > Moral and ethical are synonyms. From Thesaurus.com: > > Main Entry: moral > Part of Speech: adjective > Definition: ethical > > Very first entry returned from the search actually. Not that they're > an absolute authority per se, but they do a decent job of representing > common and current definitions, so it's got to be a widely supported > definition. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200120 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
