Friday October 30, 2009, 12:13 pm
I agree, good food for thought. Thanks Madartist. Have a great weekend.

Friday October 30, 2009, 12:37 pm
Another wonderful commentary from your cousin..Indeed it is..

Thanks Jacki..
Noted & will forward..
((hug))

Friday October 30, 2009, 7:03 pm
I love Michael's commentaries and this is another good one. Thanks Jacki.

Friday October 30, 2009, 9:44 pm
Michael Josephson is also on Facebook.
Go to a browser and type in his name and you will get his site, Character Counts!
What can I say, my cousin has always impressed me, all my life.
Thanks to all of you!

Saturday October 31, 2009, 2:11 am
Noted and I added a comment on Michael Josephson site.
Thank you Madartist.

Saturday October 31, 2009, 3:59 am
Noted & fwd. Thanks

Saturday October 31, 2009, 5:00 am
Great food for thought, thanks!

Saturday October 31, 2009, 7:49 am
Thanks for the Forward Dee and Madartist...Yes this is a super article and Totally agree, you cousin is great, want to see more of these super article.

Also voted...boy is that chart all over the place in the article, but reinforced what I already believe in is leading and that is how I feel.

Thanks so much again for this and this will be forwarded.

Saturday October 31, 2009, 3:31 pm
Ethics....Don't leave home without them. And if you work make sure you exercise them at the workplace. Wonderful piece. After I'm finished working on own ethics, I will see if Monsanto wants to shape up........naaaaaawwww.....maybe I had better ask them to do that before I'm finished. I will always be a 'work in progress'.

Saturday October 31, 2009, 7:38 pm
Thanks Madartist. Well, I think the commentary is a good one for several reasons.
First, to be successful, any group or community depends on people having shared goals and some shared rewards, that exist in some framework of approved behaviors.
Second, human behavior consists (for adults, certainly) of habits, usually deeply ingrained habits. It is, cognitively speaking, as easy to form good habits as bad ones. If our parents teach us good behavior and honesty and integrity, and reinforce that, and it is further reinforced as we go off to school and activities, and it is further reinforced and supported as we grow into puberty and young adulthood, and it is consistently reinforced as we become adults and age - then we have good strong habits around behaving with compassion, integrity, concern and consideration, deliberation and fairness. If not, then that's a problem for all of society because we all pay the bills for shoplifters, drunk drivers and all the people in prisons. Teaching our children right from wrong, being very good and consistent role models for good and honest and considerate behavior - these are good investments. But we have to decide to do that, and then get it done. People forget, become a little lazy, cut a few corners, and role model bad choices. It's good for all of us to be reminded of the consequences of those things - to be reminded to be on our best behavior and to actually demonstrate the behaviors we think we do.
As to the definitions of the words, people tend, in casual speech, to use the word moral and the word ethical somewhat interchangeably. And it turns out that the definitions do overlap (see definitions and URL below). So, I wouldn't reject the author's message on that basis. I would add to his message that it's good to form and reinforce and practice good habits, so that we're role modeling them for others as well.
http://dictionary.reference.com
eth⋅ics –plural noun
1. (used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture.
2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics; Christian ethics.
3. moral principles, as of an individual: His ethics forbade betrayal of a confidence.
4. (usually used with a singular verb) that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions.

mor⋅al –adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
2. expressing or conveying truths or counsel as to right conduct, as a speaker or a literary work; moralizing: a moral novel.
3. founded on the fundamental principles of right conduct rather than on legalities, enactment, or custom: moral obligations.
4. capable of conforming to the rules of right conduct: a moral being.
5. conforming to the rules of right conduct (opposed to immoral ): a moral man.

Sunday November 1, 2009, 2:26 pm
OMG, I have been away for two days and LOOK at all you intelligent peoples!!!!
I am in awe of you all.
Thank you for putting this important human value on the Front page!!!!
and Dee, you know I love ya.

Oh and btw...anyone on Facebook...here is Character Counts page URL

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/CharacterCounts?ref=ts

and my VERY QUIET group here on Care two, come on in and make some noise, dedicated to my Cousins work...

http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/ETHICALGARDEN

Hope to see you there!!!!!

Sunday November 1, 2009, 2:35 pm
LLoyd, I am sorry you need to call my Cousin an idiot.

Sunday November 1, 2009, 3:01 pm
Hey welcome back..you were missed..and I love ya right back..((hug))

As for the nasty comment..well there is always one around that needs to be mean and rude..So much for his ethics..

Sunday November 1, 2009, 3:08 pm
true.
But all is well with what was said, IF the sentence "Well, it started out as a geart article/commentary until the author proved himself to be a cmplete idiot." was omitted. Lloyd has a right to his opinion, that is fine.
Name calling is NOT!

Sunday November 1, 2009, 4:44 pm
JennyLynn ~ You beat me to it. Yes, ethics and morals overlap and can be interchanged, depending on usage. As you so well quoted from the dictionary: "Ethics (used with a singular or plural verb) is a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture." This is Josephson's playground and he knows what he is talking about. I know I'm repeating what you have stated, but I want to stress it so your post is not missed.

Jacki ~ Thanks for the tip about Facebook. Josephson is also on Twitter.