If discreteness is usually meant to hide an uncomfortable secret, does that mean discreetness is immoral?

Question

If discreteness is usually meant to hide an uncomfortable secret, does that mean discreetness is immoral?

Answer 1

no. discreetness does not necessarily mean immoral.

i quote an example.

you may be discreet about your relationship with someone just because the r/s is not stable yet and you dont want many people to know.BUT that does not equate you to being immoral. you are not doing anything shameful,it just means that you are not ready to make the r/s public.

Answer 2

No.  I don't think we should have to display our whole life to others.  As long as we do things with consenting adults, that's our business.  For example, I have a discreet relationship with my banker.  My accounts are held in the strictest confidence.

Answer 3

Discretion simply means you do not broadcast something private to people who do not need to know.

Spreading information about an "uncomfortable secret" to outsiders is an immoral act.  

Answer 4

Being discreet is not immoral unless what is being hidden is immoral (not all uncomfortable secrets are immoral, though some may be).

Answer 5

I don't think that enacting discretion is a question of morality moreso than it is a question of whether you are avoiding internal conflict or external conflict.

Answer 6

That's not discreteness, that's more like reticence.  The two do have in common the fact that little is said, but for entirely different reasons.

Answer 7

indubitably

Answer 8

Discretion is what is practiced when you evaluate things according to the circumstances and stop seeing the world in b/w.

Answer 9

No.  Just because something is a "secret" does not mean that it is immoral. Being discrete is in fact the most moral thing to do in many occasions.  

For example, a lady needs to go  use the restroom at a dinner party.  So she excuses herself with an explanation of "powdering her nose."  Everyone knows what that means, but she is discretely informing everyone why she is leaving. The alternate, "Hey, where's your s*****r I need to go take a fat c**p," may be more open and honest with the others, but may disgust them.

Just because discretion is used to hide an "uncomfortable secret" does not mean that the "secret" is immoral.  All people keep secrets, it is impossible not to.

Answer 10

I liked the answer you posted on one of my questions the other day where you wrote, "Frankly, I think morality is such a biased concept, invented for idiots who like following rules". Now, this really shook me awake.  Although, I find this statement swings to the left a bit far, it still has a ring of truth to consider.  Morality is a gray area, at best, and discreteness is  often justified out of respect.  So, for the most part, discreetness offers a challenge to our morality but not to our judgment of right and wrong.  

Answer 11

No discreteness does not hide an uncomfortable secret. Discretion is used in sensitive situations, no matter the reason. It has nothing to do with being immoral.  

Answer 12

if you are hiding something such as an affair or some illegal activity then yes of course.but that is because you are already doing something immoral.lies are like spider webs really ,you tell one lie then you must tell another to support the first lie and on and on and on,like a spider web,until you get caught .and the truth always comes out sooner or later.

to be discreet because you do not want the general public knowing your personal business is different unless you are cheating,or doing something illegal also.

if you are protecting our national security that is a special circumstance too.

so it depends on what and why really.good luck.

Answer 13

Being discrete is not trying to hide something and cover it up, it only means that you choose to to blast it to the world so it is not immoral.

Answer 14

Only if its meant that our imperfection has some meaning other than uniqueness, our discretion may simple express our fearfull desire of all its power and brash exposure, but I maynot understand your thought.

I wanted to add that for me discretion is an antidote to vanity which we know can challenge our morals.