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moral values

“Morals refer to the conduct or rule of conduct by which people live.” (http://vclass.mtsac.edu:940/cmcgruder/ethicsdefinitions.htm) Besides, morals mean “related to conduct or character from the point of view of right and wrong.” (http://www.petalk.com/humanist/behavior-morality.html) Unlike ethics, “ethics refer to the study of moral conduct or of the code that one follows.” (http://vclass.mtsac.edu:940/cmcgruder/ethicsdefinitions.htm) “The terms morals and ethics come from Latin and Greek, respectively (mores and ethos), deriving their meaning from the idea of custom.” (http://www.ut.ee/flfi/Sutrop/ARTH_02_039_eng/Lecture1.ppt) The differences between morals and ethics are that morals are rules while ethics are rules, which people should abide in order to live well with others in the society. Therefore, we can say that being moral or ethical means doing what is good or right and being immoral or unethical means doing what is bad or wrong.
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