Philip Schofield: the lies finally revealed

@fmf said

I can state categorically that this is not an aspect of the UK's public domain that I follow.

And yet one day later you are an authority on the subject and can, with confidence, label Philip Schofield a predator.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Again, %15 of relationships begin in the workplace. (Many, I'd imagine, occurring over time, without a predatory element).

Relationships in the workplace where there is no power dynamic don't seem to me to be an ethical problem.

@fmf said
Then we can just agree to disagree about what is acceptable.

It merely demonstrates what a wishy-washy term 'taboo' is.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
And yet one day later you are an authority on the subject and can, with confidence, label Philip Schofield a predator.

I haven't claimed to be "an authority on the subject".

@fmf said
Presumably you mean impractical. I disagree. Dismissing ethical standards as impractical is a cop-out in my book.

No, 'practical.' (If we were robots).

@fmf said
Relationships in the workplace where there is no power dynamic don't seem to me to be an ethical problem.

Many relationships in the workplace have a power dynamic.

@fmf said
I haven't claimed to be "an authority on the subject".

Quite. You have shown yourself to be wholly deficient in knowledge on the matter.

Your position that even if a subordinate instigates a relationship, the person in the position of power is still a predator due to the associated taboo of such a relationship is frankly bizarre.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
It merely demonstrates what a wishy-washy term 'taboo' is.

It isn't wishy-washy when used to label unethical behaviour unequivocally. To claim the word is wishy-washy is arguably a sign that you are assuming a wishy-washy stance with regard to the ethics in question.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Quite. You have shown yourself to be wholly deficient in knowledge on the matter.

I disagree.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Many relationships in the workplace have a power dynamic.

Well, if the powerful person's dynamic with the subordinate involves sex, then I think there is an ethical problem.

@fmf said
I disagree.

See my edit.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Your position that even if a subordinate instigates a relationship, the person in the position of power is still a predator due to the associated taboo of such a relationship is frankly bizarre.

I disagree.

@fmf said
Well, if the powerful person's dynamic with the subordinate involves sex, then I think there is an ethical problem.

What if the relationship is mutually wanted and results in marriage and a future offspring who saves the planet from unethical aliens?

@fmf said
I disagree.

It's illogical and poorly thought through.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
What if the relationship is mutually wanted and results in marriage and a future offspring who saves the planet from unethical aliens?

"Aliens"?