I don't think any legal, paying job is by definition immoral.
I think there are jobs that don't fit with my own moral conmpass and there are jobs that I find hugely distasteful and that I wouldn't do.

The work I do has involved me working for charities and I declined the chance to work for Christian Aid because I find them distasteful, but I couldn't argue they were immoral, obviously.

You fucking knock-kneed bucket of arse gravy.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 10:40, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

What about head of advertising for a cigarette brand?

( WormuIus, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 10:42, Reply)

What's wrong with that?
It's your choice if you smoke
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 10:44, Reply)

Since it's entirely in someones power to "just say no" then you can always argue this isn't immoral.
Being a loan shark or a drug dealer is probably justifiably immoral.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 10:46, Reply)

they're illegal so not jobs.

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 10:49, Reply)

How about being a bailiff?

( WormuIus, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 11:13, Reply)

That's a perfectly legal job.

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 11:15, Reply)

Isn't it quite similar to being a loan shark?

( WormuIus, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 11:22, Reply)

One's legal and one isn't.

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 11:24, Reply)

So morality is determined by law?

( WormuIus, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 11:32, Reply)

Well that's one of the obvious 'immoral' jobs, isn't it?
I certainly wouldn't do it, I find it incredibly distasteful. So to me, yes, I find it morally wrong. But it's not my place to impose that on a wider audience. There's a hell of a lot that feels wrong to me, but whose to say I'm right?
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 10:47, Reply)

What about being a Homeopath?

( WormuIus, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 11:13, Reply)