Ethical Questions
So here's an odd little ethical question that I've often pondered...
Soon after I got my current job, my supervisor in the job I left took me (and the rest of the department) out for lunch. We went to San Chez Bistro.
Bearing in mind that it basically serves appetizers, we all ordered and shared what we'd ordered. San Chez Bistro serves pork (which is just fine), but my supervisor was Muslim.
As it happened, I ordered something that did include pork (in the form of prosciutto). Like everything else, it got passed around the table. I don't know if my supervisor had any, but I've often wondered if I should have said something (or simply not ordered pork...).
On the one hand, I tend to figure that people can make their own decisions about whether to follow their religion's teachings. On the other, the man was from Pakistan originally. As such, it's possible that he wouldn't know what prosciutto is. If I were in that position, I might want to be warned.
Kind of funny the ethical situations one can get into in a religiously diverse society.
Comments
No worries. If he had any doubts, he would have asked. People of conviction watch out for themselves.
Posted by: James | October 8, 2004 1:01 PM
That's true.
Another possibility is that he's just not too worried about certain aspects of Islam. I know of drinking Mormons, pork-eating Jews, meat eating Buddhists and I imagine there must be muslims who will eat pork...
Posted by: Jim Zoetewey | October 8, 2004 2:45 PM