An Imagined Dialog Highlighting the Differences between Morals and Ethics
Fast Food Patron: I’d like a fish sandwich, please.
Counter Person: (smiling) Oh, are you Catholic?
FFP: Hmm? Excuse me?
CP: Oh, I’m sorry. It’s Friday during Lent, and you’re ordering fish. I was just asking if you are Catholic.
FFP: Oh, ah, no. (smiles) I never eat red meat. I always order fish.
CP: (disappointed) Oh...
Posted by Jonathan at 04:48 PM, 08 March 2003