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The Difference Between Ethical And Moral?

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10-09-2010 1:27 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Tram law
10-09-2010 12:34 PM

One term comes from greek, and the other from latin.
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One is more closely tied to philosophy, and the other to religion.
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Apart from that, they are similar.
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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.
That reasoning seems wrong to me.
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An ethical man might choose against adultery, because his ethics cause him to respect his wife. A moral man might choose against adultery because his priest says so. However, I think even that is a bit of a simplistic distinction.
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10-09-2010 2:19 PM 		Reply to: Message 8 by seanfhear
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seanfhear writes:
Could you use the terms interchangeably? Example: A man’s ethics determines whether he makes moral decisions. A man’s morality determines whether he makes ethical decisions.
We don't normally talk about it that way.
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If I heard that famous scientist was unethical, I would be wondering if he had fudged his data, while if I heard that he was immoral, I would wonder who he had been sleeping with.
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10-09-2010 4:17 PM 		Reply to: Message 14 by seanfhear
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seanfhear writes:
Would you say usage depends on context then or is there more to it?
I think it mostly has to do with our experience in hearing these words. And religion mainly uses "moral" while professions mainly use "ethical."
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I am not seeing a big difference in how the two words could be used. The difference is in how they are used.
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