In a series of surveys taken last year, the researchers found that people generally take a utilitarian approach to safety ethics: They would prefer autonomous vehicles to minimize casualties in situations of extreme danger.
And before praising Woods's work ethic, Palmer preferred to discuss Woods's swing and his consistency.
I also like New York designers who don't fit comfortably in a genre, like Narciso Rodriguez and Francisco Costa, neither of whom is strictly a minimalist, or Sophie Theallet, who knows the difference between something being well made and too polished, and at least in terms of her work ethic would probably prefer to share Madame Grès's cloak of anonymity.
Our study also found out that those who participated in committees that discuss ethical issues ("ethics committees") did not prefer referring the issues to the committee.
Abstract rights are proclaimed for all humans, overlooking the fact that many prefer their ethics in more grounded, context-specific ways.
For example, early typical feminist controversies in moral theory have concerned whether one should favor an ethics of justice over an ethics of care or a virtue ethics, or whether one should prefer Kant over Hume or Aristotle as a starting point for moral thinking (see, for example, Herman 1993, Baier 1994, Held 1993, Homiak 1993, Larrabee 1993).
I personally prefer an ethic of civility and truth-telling, but am deeply conscious that this may reflect a certain privilege, and that same privilege chastens me from urging others to be more civil in their discourse.
Generally speaking, this debate comes under the label of what is known as "empirical ethics" (abbreviated "EE", e.g. [ 4- 8]); some authors prefer to talk about "empirically informed ethics" or sometimes "evidence-based ethics" (e.g. [ 9- 13]).
It should come as no surprise that Mayer, known for her hard-charging work ethic and two-week maternity leave, would prefer an all in-house staff.
Some people think that Americans just prefer work to leisure; a strong work ethic, according to this theory, has become a badge of honor for anyone with a college degree.
