Ethics Vs. Morals
The words 'ethics' and 'morals' are frequently used interchangeably.
Morals refer to behavior customary in our culture or society. Morals may change as you move from one society to the next.
Ethics refer to your personal standards of right and wrong. Ethics do not change as you move from one society to the next.
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Famous quotes containing the words ethics and/or morals:
“Ethics and religion differ herein; that the one is the system of human duties commencing from man; the other, from God. Religion includes the personality of God; Ethics does not.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Jesus said to his Jews: “The law was for servants—love God as I love him, as his son! What are morals to us sons of God!””
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)