Food Comes First, Ethics Later

Food and ethics are equally important for human society. Otherwise we would be just animals.

So many responses say that food comes first because it is necessary for survival. That sounds noble and we may maintain that view until we are on the receiving end; For example, when a hungry, desperate man, with a weapon, a gun maybe, has entered our home.

We would want that hungry man to have some principle, some ethics; to respect our lives, the lives of our loved ones, to respect our right to our property. We would want that hungry man to act with principle, to ask first rather than to take; to think it below him to steal, in spite of his hunger.

Food and ethics are equally important. Otherwise we would be living in a jungle.

Hi friends!

This is Hema. I agree to some extent that food comes first, ethics next. Food is the basic need for all. And we people earning by some means just to fill our bellies. How much we strive hard, its only to satisfy our hunger.

We should not earn by illegal methods. Hunger drives us to commit to the worst situations. But we should mostly see that in this search process we should not commit ourselves to immoral acts.

I agree with this. If your tummy is full you look civilized, educated and well personality. Your mind is satisfied and if you are creative and balanced, your mind provoke you to do well things. Hence, ethics is shown in your work. If your tummy is empty, how can you satisfy your mind. Hence, you shows your anger for that situation and to overcome that situation you will do all works which are unethical.

The man is a social animal. The man born in the earth. He has fulfill has all needs himself his first needs food. He has to arrange his food. He work and search his food. The quoted line"food comes first ethics latter".

I agree with your subject heading which actually interpret that Food comes first, ethics later means that see an example of society, if a guy or his family should not get enough Money to get the food at least two times a day then how someone expect that it should follow the ethics of life or anything, for him the only thing is that to arrange food for his family at least for two times a day. No ethics no any rules.

Undoubtedly, we all do agree with the fact that " food comes before ethics " and this is axiomatic as well. Food is the basic need of an individual and one cannot be deprived of such need.

If one is unemployed, poor, and has not even a single penny and he/she has not eaten food since the last few days and ultimately, here comes a situation of death due to starvation. In such a hectic situation, you might arrange food, no matter from where it comes.

Thus, ethics are no longer in consideration when food is our first priority.

Hi, no doubt food is the basic need for survival. But to live a respectful life ethics are must.. food and ethics must go hand in hand for leading a good life.
Though importance of food is more but then you cann't even ignore the ethics. Rest all depends upon the person thinking..

Yes, I do agree that for many a people Food is the priority over ethics.
Everybody wants to be honest in whatever field they go; but as the time passes by, there are a very few people left with the same ethics they had when they entered in that field.
That is because the strive to fulfill their hunger makes them to do so, and some people are just great trend follower.
for example- If a traffic constable challans a car for violating the traffic rules with proper receipt and amount, that amount will directly go to the govt. But instead, they take bribe any amount lesser than the original amount to fulfill their needs , although its unethical. And people support them equally to avoid rushing to courts.
So, somewhere their hunger is all unethical and above their ethics.

P.S- No offence. There obviously are some respectable people to whom their ethics matter a lot more than their hunger. RESPECT for them.

This is purely a situation and people based discussion. Some of us learned it from childhood do forget our life for ethics. You can do an experiment yourself to know which is important. Be starved for one day and than ask the question to yourself.

So the people who lives on footpath, never try to teach them ethics. Give them food because if not given whom you will teach ethics if they would not survive of hunger.

I think it's tough to compare,
As child take birth from his birth he need food and ethic both to grow up himself,
If nobody won't gives him food he can't live.
And even if nobody won't takes care for him how can he live ?

SO FOOD AND ETHIC ARE TWO SIDE OF ONE COIN.