Swearing Ethical Analysis
In an Everyday Ethics Podcast titled Foul Language with podcaster, Craig Kopp, media ethicist, Kelly McBride, and medical ethicist, Art Caplan, they discuss whether swearing is ethical (“About”). Using an example throughout being Anthony Scaramucci, a previous Director of Communication at the White House, who use six f-bombs and multiple other swear word when talking to a reporter. But why do people swear in the first place? To assert authority and power, to seem dominant, or to influence. Kelly stated it as a “Crude animalistic thing to do,” being that it can be used as a survival tool. They mention that swearing in a workplace is unethical because swearing to someone with more power shows low intelligence and could end negatively. While
swearing in public has become more and more widely accepted, where it has always been a part of the insider society. Comedians were some of the first to bring it into the public. And today some organizations like BuzzFeed and Huffington Post are starting to allow swearing. While the basic definitions for some of the swear words have changed over time. It is everyone's individual ethical duty to decide if swearing is okay. While they argue that swearing for name calling is always bad and any other time it is used to exclude is bad. They also mention it causes a locker room atmosphere, where bonding is happening and people can feel included (Kopp et al.).
Growing up swearing was something I was often around but was also frequently told should never come out of my mouth. I took that as it is a bad habit that many people in my family got into that they then did not want me to pick up on. Though as I got older I became under the impression by my classmates at school that I would be “cool” if I swore, so I took up the bad habit anyway while hiding it from my family. More recently I decided that I do not like swearing for many reasons, I do not like the way it makes me or the people around me feel, it goes against my religious beliefs, and does not sound professional.
swearing in public has become more and more widely accepted, where it has always been a part of the insider society. Comedians were some of the first to bring it into the public. And today some organizations like BuzzFeed and Huffington Post are starting to allow swearing. While the basic definitions for some of the swear words have changed over time. It is everyone's individual ethical duty to decide if swearing is okay. While they argue that swearing for name calling is always bad and any other time it is used to exclude is bad. They also mention it causes a locker room atmosphere, where bonding is happening and people can feel included (Kopp et al.).
Growing up swearing was something I was often around but was also frequently told should never come out of my mouth. I took that as it is a bad habit that many people in my family got into that they then did not want me to pick up on. Though as I got older I became under the impression by my classmates at school that I would be “cool” if I swore, so I took up the bad habit anyway while hiding it from my family. More recently I decided that I do not like swearing for many reasons, I do not like the way it makes me or the people around me feel, it goes against my religious beliefs, and does not sound professional.