compare and contrast, please
2007-09-28 19:58:11 · 5 answers · asked by tem 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Morals: relating to issues of right and wrong and to how individual people should behave
Ethics: the study of moral standards and how they affect conduct.
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2007-09-28 20:03:19 · answer #1 · answered by Blue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ethical man knows the right thing to do. The moral man actually does it.
Ethics doesn't include the key ingredient of moral authority. As an ethical person, I understand the right thing to do, but if I will have to make a sacrifice to do it, why should I?
It's the right answer to the "why should I?" question that makes an ethical person a moral one. What moral obligation do I have to do the right thing? For most people, it is a feeling. Maybe a feeling of sympathy or pity but what moral obligation do I owe to a feeling?
The only moral authority that one is obligated to obey, I think, is God.
2007-09-29 15:05:28 · answer #2 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I go to work on time because it's good work ethics
I don't punch my boss in the snout because I'm a moralistic person
2007-09-28 20:01:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
simple answer I learned long ago:
Morals are values that can and do change with time and culture.
Ethics deal with concepts of right/wrong, good/bad, etc.
2007-09-28 20:10:04 · answer #4 · answered by B C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Morals are what influence our behaviour when we think God is watching.
Ethics are what influence our behaviour when we think no one is watching.
2007-09-28 20:01:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋