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10-11-2006, 06:07 PM
| | meaning is the old black | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: circa 1996
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| | | ethics, values, and morals Could somebody please explain what is the difference? | 
10-12-2006, 01:56 AM
| | in flights of fancy. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ottawa
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| | | Ugh 230209 people tried explaining this to me. but somehow it's all the same. Values are way more personal though. I'm mixed up with ethics and morals.
Morals to start with is being able to make the difference between GOOD and bad and right or wrong. I find morals to be very religious most of the times.
Ethics to me seemed more like almost a social paradigm covering also all the social laws and rules.
ah for fuck's sake I have no fucking clue. | 
10-12-2006, 02:06 AM
|  | a.k.a Madge Spammer | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Panama
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| | | ethics and values are the social rules stated by society, that everyone shares, and morals are INDIVIDUAL, every person has his or her own morals, in other word, his or her own scale of what's good and what's bad, different from society's ethics and values. | 
10-12-2006, 08:56 AM
| | meaning is the old black | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: circa 1996
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| | | dictionary.com eth·ic (thk) Pronunciation Key
n.
A set of principles of right conduct.
A theory or a system of moral values: “An ethic of service is at war with a craving for gain” (Gregg Easterbrook).
ethics (used with a sing. verb) The study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made by a person; moral philosophy.
ethics (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession: medical ethics.
mor·al (môrl, mr-) Pronunciation Key
adj.
Of or concerned with the judgment of the goodness or badness of human action and character: moral scrutiny; a moral quandary.
Teaching or exhibiting goodness or correctness of character and behavior: a moral lesson.
Conforming to standards of what is right or just in behavior; virtuous: a moral life.
Arising from conscience or the sense of right and wrong: a moral obligation.
Having psychological rather than physical or tangible effects: a moral victory; moral support.
Based on strong likelihood or firm conviction, rather than on the actual evidence: a moral certainty.
values
n : beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something); "he has very conservatives values" | 
10-12-2006, 09:01 AM
| | meaning is the old black | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: circa 1996
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| | | ethics- a group agreement on right principles and beliefs
morals- involves some sort of judgment as to what is right or wrong. Which principles are right or wrong may or may not be decided by a group.
values- closely linked to the finicial meaning of the word. Someone's values are things they find great emotional/spiritual wealth in. | 
10-12-2006, 09:22 AM
|  | whip it | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: U.K
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| | | Did you just answer your own question? lol. I think all of them could be considered both personal and universal. Religions have strict code of moral, but then a person with no religion has some basis of what they consider right or wrong. I think it's down to the individual to whether they adheer to someone elses, or go by their own. | 
10-12-2006, 08:04 PM
|  | Registered Member | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The land o' civil servants.
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| | | I see ethics as something that is externally imposed more than morals and values which ideally should come from within. I actually don't really like the idea of morals, because it has dogmatic connotations for me... Wait, I think I'll amend that. I would say values are a set of principles that you have for yourself. Morals would be good or bad based on how you apply your values in practive (though of course I would argue that your actions dictate your values and that if there is tension between what you act and what you value, there's a problem). And finally ethics would be how you apply an external set of principles that allow you to function in relation to other people (not just judge yourself).
But I am constantly surrounded by notions of ethics that are highly regulated, so I suppose I would see ethics are external. I think you could violate ethical standars without violating morals or values. If something has the appearence of being unethical it doesn't mean you've acted contrary to any values or morals (yours, society's). | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes | Linear Mode |
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