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10-09-2010 12:34 PM


Is there a difference between being ethical and being moral?
My friend just recently said he believes the difference between an ethical man and a moral man is that an ethical man will know an action might be wrong but still might do it anyway, but a moral man will not do the action if he believes it is wrong.
Here's an example: adultery.
An ethical man would know adultery is wrong, but would go ahead and cheat on his wife anyway because there are just some things that are just too good to pass up.
A moral man would not cheat on his wife even though he might want to, because he believes it's wrong to do so.
So what do you think, is this correct? Is there really a difference between morality and ethics or are they actually one and the same?

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10-09-2010 1:18 PM


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