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Ethics and Morality
Ethics and Morality
Morality. Ethics
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To put it simply; ethics represents the moral code that guides
person's
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choices and behaviors throughout their life. The idea of a moral code
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extends beyond the individual to include what is determined to be right; and
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wrong, for a community or society at large:
Ethics is concerned with rights, responsibilities
use of language
what it
means to
an ethical life
and how people make moral decisions. We may
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think of moralizing as an intellectual exercise, but more frequently it's an
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attempt to make sense of our
instincts and reactions. It's a subjective
concept; and many people have strong and stubborn beliefs about what's
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right and wrong that can place them in direct contrast to the moral beliefs of
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others: Yet even though morals may vary from person to person; religion to
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religion, and culture to culture
many have been found to be universal,
stemming from basic human emotions:
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