It very much does depend on one's definition in my experience. I see a parallel in my recent work at UBC in medicine (having switched from science) which has a significant consideration of ethics before initiating the actual work of research. The parallel being a complete absence of any kind of meta-ethical critique process. What I see is essentially an appeal to authority in the form of law and nothing else. We should do far, far better at incorporating some sense of history and understanding just how terrible our system of law is at representing durable ethics. We have an opportunity to provide real value to the communities whose labour keeps us afloat. To provide a cultural investment in the future. To take our lives seriously and provide an inheritance with our time to those who come after us. Giving in to that one metric of value leaves so much behind.
It very much does depend on one's definition in my experience. I see a parallel in my recent work at UBC in medicine (having switched from science) which has a significant consideration of ethics before initiating the actual work of research. The parallel being a complete absence of any kind of meta-ethical critique process. What I see is essentially an appeal to authority in the form of law and nothing else. We should do far, far better at incorporating some sense of history and understanding just how terrible our system of law is at representing durable ethics. We have an opportunity to provide real value to the communities whose labour keeps us afloat. To provide a cultural investment in the future. To take our lives seriously and provide an inheritance with our time to those who come after us. Giving in to that one metric of value leaves so much behind.