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Author Topic:   The Difference Between Ethical And Moral?
Tram law
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Message 1 of 30 (585714)
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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Tram law
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Message 22 of 30 (585813)
10-09-2010 9:22 PM
Reply to: Message 8 by seanfhear
10-09-2010 2:06 PM


Interchanging The Words
Well, I don't really understand the difference between the two, and at least to me they do seem so similar that they can be interchangeable.

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Tram law
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Message 23 of 30 (585814)
10-09-2010 9:25 PM
Reply to: Message 5 by ringo
10-09-2010 1:45 PM


Society's rules?
I'd say that one difference between ethics and morality is that morality is individual while ethics tend to be collective.
Well, so would ethics be applicable only to business or groups such as scientific and medical? Because collective is somewhat vague because it also brings to my mind social rules and etiquettte. Would those also be considered more ethical rather than moral if ethical is limited to business and other similar groups?

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