I think ethical types are more oriented towards the systems of peoples while logic types are more oriented toward the systems of logistics. I would argue that there is a lot of the certainty in the ambiguity and understanding with people and the self when it comes to 'ethics'.
The reason I love psychology so much is that there will always be some ambiguity when it comes to people. Like, there are so many studies in psychology where what would be a 'logical' prediction (a+b=c) would be proved wrong. Hell, even when diagnosing a mental disorder, there is leeway because people are so different. You can get the right answer but the right answer can keep changing or there can be an exception. Same thing can be said in ethical philosophy. You can argue two opposing views and they can be air tight. Ethics is like the subject view and system of people. I feel more comfortable with the ambiguity of people then the certainty of logistics.
Logical types just feel more comfortable and are stronger with logical systems. In the sense, logic always has a concrete answer. Even with theories that can't be proven yet, there is still a system that explains systemically how the theory was created step by step and why. I always hear that people who love math and science say they enjoy it because there is always a definitive answer. That is something a bit foreign to me.
Logical are far from being immoralistic.The funny thing I have noticed is that logical types tend to have a very strong perception of morals and what it is to be moral and ethics. They can feel very strongly about their ethical views compared to me sometimes. From my perception, I notice with logical types is that there ethical reasoning is very linear and systematic in both object and subjective ways. When I am talking with ethical types when discussing ethical views, it is not as linear.
For example: My mom (SLI) was telling me of an acquaintance that took her 3 teenage girls to be vaccinated. Two of the girls had a full on meltdown. My mom got very irritated that those girls were having a meltdown. She viewed it as the girls were overreacting towards an insignificant threat in public, why should they be having a meltdown! She said she would be very crossed if my siblings and I were ever to do that. Is she right? logistically so. A small needle and shot is not something to be upset over as the threat and pain is very small and it is an overreaction in a public setting. I can agree to this. However, all I could think about was that those girl's were young, scared, and probably didn't even understand why they are freaking out. I would be very upset if I was having a meltdown and My mom responded that way to me. Yelling at them isn't going to help and shaming them for overreacting isn't going to help either. When your scared, you can't think logically cause your brain is in overdrive. I would have responded differently like bring them to a quiet place and letting them get it out for awhile. Funny enough, sometimes when you validate the illogical, your brain recognizes it too and starts kick starts the logical process.
Ethics and Logic are just two different systems. In my opinion, ethics is concerned with the subject view and subjectivity of people. Logic is concerned with the systematic and linear aspect of logistics. You need both. Just either have a natural preference.
That's my two cents
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Originally Posted by jason_m
