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Updated May 22, 2024
Overview
| Ethics is Not Morality | ||||||||||||||||||
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Morality is defined as an individual's or society's standard for judging objects as right and wrong, while ethics is about universally established standards of human conduct. Features of Morality:
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| Comparison: Ethics vs. Morality | ||||||||||||||||||
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Why One Should Be Moral |
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Ethics Are Not Values |
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Values are standards of behaviour that can vary from person to person, while ethics are universally established standards of human conduct. Although ethics is based on values, not all values are ethical (e.g., caste rules may be a value for someone but are not ethical). |
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Ethics Is Not Social Norms |
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Social norms are based on the customs and traditions of a particular society and are not universal. However, some social norms, such as respecting elders, can also be ethical. |
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Ethics Is Not Religion |
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Religion is based on faith and is specific to a particular community, lacking universality, while ethics is based on reason and universal principles. However, ethics draws many principles from religion.
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Ethics Is Not Law |
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The law is specific to a society, while ethics is universal. Although law and ethics generally align, there can be conflicts where preferences may differ based on roles (e.g., civil servants prioritizing law, while social reformers prioritize ethics). |
