Ethics vs Morality
The terms ethics and morality are
used interchangeably
Morality and ethics loosely have to
do with distinguishing the difference between “good and bad” or “right and
wrong
Many believe morality is personal
whereas ethics is the standards of “good and bad” distinguished by a certain
community or social setting
The distinction between the two is
as substantial as a line drawn in the sand
·
Ethics
Moral principles that govern a
person's behavior or the conducting of an activity
The branch of knowledge that deals
with moral principles
1.
Ethics and its Subdivisions
2.
Meta ethics
3.
Descriptive ethics
4.
Normative ethics
5.
Applied ethics
·
Meta Ethics
Deals with the origin of ethical principles
that govern the specification of right and wrong behavior
A major issue of debate is whether
ethical principles are eternal truths or created by humans
·
Descriptive Ethics
Actual beliefs, customs,
principles, and practices of people and cultures
Sociologists in particular pay
special attention to the concrete moral practices of social groups around the
world, and they view them as cultural facts much like facts about what people
in those countries eat or how they dress
·
Normative Ethics
Concerned with arriving at a set of
moral conduct rules against which behaviors are judged
Murder is wrong
Giving to charity is good, but not
ethically mandatory
·
Applied Ethics
Primarily deals with the study of
ethically controversial issues such as imposition of death penalty and cloning
Applied ethics can be classified
further into a large number of categories such as bioethics, computer ethics,
and medical ethics
Morality and Law
The two are quite closely related,
and some people even equate the two practices
Lying is usually immoral, there is
no general law against it
College newspapers publish
advertisements by vendors who offer ‘‘assignment assistance’’
It is impractical to have laws
against bad intentions, these intentions are still bad, still morally wrong
Morality and Etiquette
Etiquette concerns determines what
is polite behavior rather than what is right behavior in a deeper sense
It represents society’s decision as
to how we are to dress, greet one another etc.
It can be immoral to disregard or
defy etiquette
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