"Does this situation seem ethical to you?"
I was asked this question in my social psychology class and there was a heated argument between some students. I think people are confused on what the word ethical actually means. Does ethical have to do with whether someone gets hurt or not? The word ethics sound tough and it doesn't sound sympathetic to some one who is hurt. Do you go up to them and say "oh your ethics have been violated". That sound a little harsh considering everyone reacts differently to certain situations. And who am I to decide if certain experiments are right or wrong. I think that has to do with morals and everyone has different morals.
You know what else is a tough "e" word to define? Ethnicity. That word differs even between cultures.
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