Domestic Ethics?
Amanda in Portland, ME, writes:
I noticed on your website it says you have experience in something called “domestic ethics.” What's that?
Thank you for your question, Amanda!
For as long as humans have been domestic, there have been ethics. In fact, questions of the proper way to manage a household, the rights of children vs. parents, divorce, household finances, have been probed in some of humanity’s most enduring texts. For example, in the Bible we find that at least two or three of the Ten Commandments consider the domestic sphere, which is as high as 20 or 30%:
- No other gods before me
- No graven images or likenesses
- Do not take the LORD’s name in vain
- Remember the sabbath day
- Honour thy father and thy mother
- Thou shalt not kill
- Thou shalt not commit adultery
- Thou shalt not steal
- Thou shalt not bear false witness
- Thou shalt not covet
(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments)
But to answer your question, domestic ethics are really just any form of ethics that has to do with homes, home life, families, and things like that. Here at Hades Ethics Consultancy we are proud to have a long tradition of giving deep consideration to challenging domestic questions such as differences in parenting style, spousal differences, and conscious coupling and uncoupling.
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