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To: Lane3 who wrote (13391)	5/10/2001 9:33:31 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I don't consider unethical behavior inherently immoral. Have we had a discussion here about the distinction between "unethical" and "immoral"? What's your take on this? Tim

To: Lane3 who wrote (13391)	5/10/2001 9:59:20 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Who decides what is a warp in one's character?

To: Lane3 who wrote (13391)	5/11/2001 12:51:10 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 82486

The Extent of the Moral. We construct a new picture, which we see immediately with the aid of all the old experiences which we have had, always according to the degree of our honesty and justice. The only experiences are moral experiences, even in the domain of sense-perception. ----- Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science

To: Lane3 who wrote (13391)	5/11/2001 1:23:03 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I would argue that using the term "character flaws" is a bit unfair. Many drug users appear to be using drugs in an attempt to regulate their body chemistry. They in fact appear to be self medicating. People who choose to self medicate with alcohol and tobacco are not penalized (unless they break other "rules") because our society choose sto legitimize those drugs, but for some strange reason we choose to make other drugs illegal. There is nothing (imo) immoral about any type of drug use (when an adult administers a drug to him or herself). There are immoralities involved in the system of drug distribution, imo (systemic immoralities exacerbated by our criminal system). I base my statement that it is moral for an adult to use drugs on the following precepts, which are my own- I understand if you do not agree. It is not immoral to seek pleasure. It is not immoral to seek altered states of reality through chemical substances exogenous to ourselves (because of course our own brains produce many chemicals similar to drugs, which alter our reality and give us pleasure). It is not immoral to seek release from pain (emotional or physical). It is not immoral to end one's life.