Ethics And Human Interface

Two terms ethics and human interface sounds different but indeed they are in the same basket. Ethics is derived from the greek word “ethos”(character)and the latin word “ mores” (customs),etymologically, ethics means one’s characteristic customs. Human interface denotes the fruitful or infertile verbal or non verbal communication mixed with emotions of two or more individuals. Ethics and human interface runs parallel, being cognizant of one’s ethics, may lead to better interface.

Human mind is a complex , yet interesting stuff. A human mind is filled of his/her childhood memories ( it may be good or bad ). He had been taught certain principles by his/her parents or had made some by themselves. Every person have different set of mind, they comprehend situations differently , the case go hand to hand with ethics. Everyone have different perspectives of life, they may have different ethics to believe on, sometimes their ethics may clash. Eg,Cows are worshiped in India and eaten in the US, white horse slaughter is banned in the US but allowed in many parts of the world. Clash in the ethics is a part of interest. Ethics is neither right nor wrong, it is just the vision we see, the the quote “ beauty lies in the eyes of beholder” is perfect metaphor for this. It is the difference of ethics which lead to creation of extremist groups based on religion , caste, race.

The question now arises how to manage the difference of ethics between the two, how to make a conversation meaningful, how to overcome the difference. The first step in this process is to change the perspective, think from others point of view, i.e. their ethical point of view, try to understand him/her. Their past, their experience with life , what they expect from you and must listen to them before start muttering. Doing this will enable you to understand that beautiful human being. Remember “playing the game of perspective” , secondly listen carefully, we human being have a tendency to talk about ourselves, remember how you felt last time when your friend disturbed you in between when you were talking about your adventures but suddenly he starts talking about his adventure. Ever thought which is the most used word in a telephonic conversation, its “I” and its sister words. Listening others is simple but it is the most important and difficult component of human interface, try to remember how much long you have listened to someone and made the conversation on the scale of 10, the third step is to find the common link between you and the other person which connects you with him, like your favourite game, your country, your religion, your school, an incident or any other thing.

In short , find the common things in your ethics . slowly as the conversation move forward you will add other elements in the conversation. The fourth and final step of human interface is “ don’t be totally disagree with someone”, everyone has some logic ( it maybe major or minor) in their talk, at first try to talk about the particular thing or logic which you find right. This will give him the feeling that you understand and listen to him/her. Also sympathize as much as you can, because people are hungry for sympathy. After doing this you can talk about the point with which you don’t agree on, don’t try to say it directly , be equivocal. Try to say it in the way that he/she might not feel offended, he/she may not think that you are making him wrong. This should be done carefully , otherwise if not requested don’t talk about it, if you feel that conversation is useless ( it should be done only if the situation is very tense), remember “ be critical not cynical”.

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