What is the difference in Ethics and Morality?
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I would say that ethics are governed by those around you. In other words a general consensus is arrived at by the cumulative agreement of many...whereas morality is decided within the hearts of each of us...we alone decide what is and isn't morally right. Others may have an opinion but ultimately the final decision on morality is our own..~
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Politics and Morality are both relative terms.\nUnfortunately for us, they both happen to be totally unrelated to each other !
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The study of ethics is something which really will not be covered in hard sciences. Ethics are a wholly psychological and philosophical phenomena and as such would probably be a subject of study in psychology and sociology, more so the latter, but as a branch of philosophy, I'd just stick with reading up on it from a philosophical standpoint.\n\nThe issues which ethics are related to pervade all aspects of life and science but the only time a science would be in direct relation to ethics would be in say, the psychology and sociology of ethics.
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A decision to go to war is not about ethics, it is about your interests and what is best for your country.  Can the number killed be justified by the end result.  This is very similar to business, the nicest person is usually not the best business person.  "It is not personal it is just business."  "War is not about ethics, it is about business."
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of course ethics. do not aim for profit if you did'nt establish the quality of your business. ethics is always one of the characteristics to have a progressive business. always remember that in order for you to achieve quality you should have ehtics in your heart first. therefore ethics comes first before profit
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I think it would be safer to generalize by saying that immoral people tend to be more stupid than people with higher morals.  Low moral people think with their genitals, high moral people think with their hearts and minds.  They don't trade what they want MOST (happiness) for what they want NOW (sex or acceptance.)
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I have worked in both the north and the south, and don't see a difference overall. Work ethics very from person to person, and are sometimes motivated by other factors, a person living in the north may focus all attention on getting something finished before winter, while a person in the south may be more concerned about summer or another event. Sometimes work ethics are established by the company that you work for. You may have deadlines, or you may work at a job that the perfection or quality of the work is more important, then the time it takes.
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gravesendian said it perfectly as far as I'm concerned.  I agree 100%.  \n\nMorality is a purely human construct.  What is "moral" or lawful in one part of the world, can be immoral or illegal in another part.  Take prosititution...in some countries it is legal, in others not.  What makes the difference?  Difference in human perception...difference in what is considered an acceptable standard of behaviour.
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Kindness and respect.  \n\nI think we have a responsibility to care for all animals with kindness and respect.  That includes the care and treatment of our pets as well as the care and protection of wildlife.  Although I often raise animals for meat, I believe that even an animal that is to be used for food should be treated with kindness and respect.  \n\nWhile I think that it is prudent to treat vegetable life with respect, I believe there is a difference.  Animals are living, breathing, thinking creatures.  They have relationships within their own social groups.  Many times within those groups other creatures rejoice in their birth, enjoy (and often share) their care, and mourn their passing.  Additionally, many of these creatures relate to us on terms we can appreciate and enjoy.  Therefore, they are valuable to others in their own group, as well as having value to us.  For that reason alone, their ability to "build" relationships, I feel we are ethically obligated to should show them kindness and respect them as living creatures.
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Professional ethics deals with things in your professional life or in your job.  Personal ethics are those things that are not related to your job and are usually more private.
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Values are personal goals or morals that individuals believe in or go by and there is no right or wrong. There is no "bad" or "good"value.\nEthics are societal norms that society as a whole heeds to and can be violated against. Ethics can only be "good", not bad.
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Because morality is a matter of choice. Physics is not.
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Good day fryedaddy!\n\nI think you're asking how humans in general have a moral code, and not how I, flowery hedgehog woman, have one.  So we'll roll with that.\n\nOne way to think of it is that we "evolved" to have a moral code.  Societies that valued raping, murder, lying wouldn't be around long, would they?  So cultures that had a natural tendancy toward altruistic behavior would flourish - encouraing more societies with altruistic behavior.\n\nOnce we're evolved enough to form societies (and humans aren't the only ones with these kinds of "morals") beings realize that it is better for the group to live with these kinds of rules.  Beings even realize that one must suffer for the group to survive at times (and you see altruistic behavior in lots of critters besides just human).\n\nSo - moral behavior has to do with evolution, really!  It's the best way for the group to continue - to survive.  (And on a personal note, it gives me more meaning in my life)
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Right and wrong are based on the values dictated by a given society, time and circumstances. \n\nWhat may be considered right in one culture may be wrong in another (women's rights for example). \nWhat may be considered right in one time frame may be wrong in another (slavery for example). \nWhat may be considered right in one situation may be wrong in another (mastur-bation in the privacy of your own home vs in public - Yahoo! Answers doesn't allow you two type out that word whole, try it!)\n\nIt will vary depending on those societal values and mores as well as repercussions from those actions.\n\nUltimately there are some basic beliefs of right and wrong that prevail throughout societies in general though - those become ethics. Even then, there is debate on which values are ethical and which are unethical.
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i think that most of us humans forgot the word MORAL means because of the way we act at times\n\nif there is anybody out there that does not agree please ontact me we will discuss it
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No, Morality is personal.  Rules are for everyone.\n\nRules can be set to try and set some kind of moral backing, but it is up to the person whether or not they want to follow the rules.
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I'm not sure I exactly understand the supposition you're making.  In general, however, I would argue that moral and legal can be viewed as a Venn diagram - an act can be both, one of the other, or neither.  We probably wouldn't want it any other way, actually - hence the saying that "you can't legislate morality."