Ethics and Morality

A simple definition for ethics?

• what is right and why it is right

• what is wrong and why it is wrong

• right and wrong

Morals are .....

• the common practices of a group of people

• the acceptable practices of the society

• one’s own personal belief of right or wrong, good or bad​

• rules and regulation a nation

Where do most of our moral beliefs come from?

• Things we learned in school

• Ideas our parents taught us

• Habits we learned as children

• Ideas we shared with our friends

Not using the phone during class?

• Morals

• Ethics

Not lying

• Ethics

• Morals

Helping with sport equipment?

• Ethics

• Morals

James has a belief that the death penalty is wrong in all cases. This would be an example of his __________?

• Personality

• Morals

• Ethics

• Culture

While transporting an unconscious person to the hospital your partner decides to look through the patints purse for money. This is would be considered __________?

• Ethical

• Unethical

When you go to pay for your coffee the manager tells you that it's free because you're a police officer. If you decide not to pay this would be considered?

• Ethical

• Unethical

The difference between 'Ethics' and 'Morals'

• morals is acceptable while ethics is not

• ethics is current while morals is obsolete or old

• Ethics are from the community (external) while morals are individual (internal)

• Ethics are legal and morals are not