Ethics Exercise

[FishyOne]

A 1916-D Mercury Dime was found very recently in a dealer's "melt bin" and discussed on Coin Community Forum. The coin appears to be AG3 and genuine (at least at a glance).

 

For those who thought they'd never win the Powerball, have a look!

 

'16-D Merc for melt!

 

 

[coinman_23885]

I think you have actually posed a question of MORALS, not ETHICS..

 

 

There's an awful lot of blurring, and crossover, between those two concepts...

 

I am not sure that I see a meaningful distinction. Are the terms not synonymous?

[James_OldeTowne]

I think you have actually posed a question of MORALS, not ETHICS..

 

 

There's an awful lot of blurring, and crossover, between those two concepts...

I agree, but "ethics" is generally governed by some sort of formalized or systematic rules (i.e. you've heard the phrase the "rules of conduct"), whereas morals are beliefs in conduct within relationships. So I'd think the relationship between buyer and seller is more of what's in question here.

[RGT]

Ethics is like politics and morals is like religion. We aren't supposed to talk about these things on this forum.