Ethics are defined on an individual basis. What I may consider right (or wrong) may not exactly match up with somebody else. This is based on experience, upbringing, etc (product of your environment). To me, the publishers clearly only want one copy in circulation from that library, so I would obey that wish and say it is 'wrong' not to follow their wishes.
This may be true, but while right and wrong is defined by the individual, that doesn't mean that all definitions are equally valid. That's a common trap for egalitarians, who know intuitively that a skinhead's definition of right and wrong is not as sophisticated as Albert Schweitzer's, but are unable to articluate why that is. See
Kohlberg's stages of moral development for a commonly accepted objective classification of moral development.
Previous Topic
Index
