Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Vocabular shift

Has anyone else noted the alarming atrophying of the range of the word 'ethical' to the locus of 'organic' and 'fair-trade'? (e.g.)

1 comment:

Greg Melia said...

Yes, and it annoys me, too. 'Ethical' is turning into a brand name, which stints debate about what is ethical, oversimplifies the issue and implies that anything else is not 'ethical', whatever the facts of the matter.