Illegal, Immoral & Unethical

[jw5]

Please participate in the discussion with your comments and by replying to the following questions. I don't know the answer to the questions, hence would be very interested in eevryone's views.

1. What is the difference between doing something that is immoral or something that is unethical?

2. Would you treat, behave towards or regard someone differently if he had done something
-- illegal
-- immoral or unethical

3. Would you yourself do something illegal, immoral or unethical and how would you feel about yourself?

 

[david]

1. What is the difference between doing something that is immoral or something that is unethical?

TT Durai cheating -> unethical

Ministers drawing millions -> immoral


2. Would you treat, behave towards or regard someone differently if he had done something

-- illegal: No

-- immoral or unethical: Yes

3. Would you yourself do something illegal, immoral or unethical and how would you feel about yourself?

-- illegal: No

-- immoral or unethical: Make my pay cheque million dollars, I'll immoralized you



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[Ah Guan]

There is difference between being moral and being ethical.

Your morals are inculcated through upbringing, culture, religion and society norms.

Ethics (at least in the business sense) is purely a numbers game -- where the outcome of your actions has to benefit the majority.

 

[ahbengsong]

1. What is the difference between doing something that is immoral or something that is unethical?

2. Would you treat, behave towards or regard someone differently if he had done something
-- illegal
-- immoral or unethical

3. Would you yourself do something illegal, immoral or unethical and how would you feel about yourself?

Take brendon tong hyui koh..... he cheats for a living... thats illegal...

Then he distorts facts and blackmail his victims.... thats immoral....

He is a pest.... so nobody like to be a pest by staying away from doing both...

 

[yinyang]

Not illegal to be immoral or unethical:p

But can be immoral, yet not unethical

 

[madmansg]

NS is all three.