What are the differences between morals and ethics?
The two terms seem rather interchangeable to me, but if anyone could tell me if there is something that sets one apart from the other that would be great.
It was said to me that ethics are a product of sociological and psychological learning whereas morals are seen to be more innate and universal - although I am not a believer in objective morals so I would not accept this differentiation.
Any help?
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Ethics, strictly, comes from Greek (ethos, which means character or habits) and thus I think ethics is more concerned with what kind of person you are, what beliefs and principles you accept, and that kind of thing.
Morals, though, comes from Latin (mos, meaning custom or tradition) and applies more to the codes that a society deems appropriate or acceptable. Though, it can also plausibly be used to refer to a personal code of conduct that you accept (which would, I think, be a product of your ethics).
Again, that's my (etymological) argument for the definitions, though I'm sure there will be others. I happen to like this one, since the word origins seem to give good clues as to what the terms meant originally.
Cheers,
Isk
Too much discussion with philosophy grad students
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