That's why I started this thread, so we could discuss diffirent ethical systems and learn from each other. I don't think any morals or ethics are set in stone. Well, the 10 commandments where, but even the first version broke right away. I'd like to know where others ethical views(concerning the tarot) came from, and if they've changed over time.
I wasn't trying to say Azarial was wrong for doing a reading without his concent. I really was interested in her reasoning. I was kind of hoping for something more thought out than, "I wanted to help" but didn't want to keep pushing it and make her feel like I was being comfrontational. Now I want to know how others have dealt with this issue.
I'd also like to know about other ethical issues that come up with the tarot, besides privacy. Just can't really think of any at the moment.
The real reason I brought in that thread, was that it's an issue that comes up often with me. I'm still very knew at this, but as opposed to Azarial, I don't really come across skeptics to often. Almost everyone I know believes in the tarot. Some consider it immoral or a sin, others just don't like the idea of knowing their fate, which I always remind them it only shows potential routes. So the privacy issue comes up a lot. Some ask me if it's possible to do a reading on them when they're not around and find out all kinds of stuff about them. I tell them it's probaly possible, but that would assume I would want to know about their private life. Then there's some friends that ask me questions like "Is so-and-so gay" "When will my dad divorce that tramp?" "Is so-and-so really the father?" and nosey stuff like that. Again, I ask them why they want to know something that has nothing to do with them, and why don't they ask these people directly? I have absolutely no interest in knowing my friends' personal matters, not to say that I don't care about my friends, I just don't feel the need to know the details of their lives besides those they choose to share with me.
Anyways, hope more people join in and we can comapare and contrats diffirent views.