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It’s true that many, perhaps most, people make a distinction between morality and ethics, but the problem is that no two people seem to agree about what that distinction is. Test this claim by asking five people you know, “Do you believe there is a difference between ethics and morality? If so, what is that difference?” You would get responses like these:
• Ethics has to do with social standards; morality is about personal beliefs. • Ethics comes from secular institutions, whereas morality is a religious phenomenon. • Ethical judgments are absolute and objective; moral judgments are relative and subjective. Conclution: Not only do folks differ about what the distinction between the concepts is. They also differ about how to define each one. Even those who believe there is no difference between ethics and morality may differ over how to define them. Morals in Animals: Monkeys Also Don't Like Mean People: Researchers from the University of Stirling in Scotland tested capuchin monkeys behavior by having them observe a pair of actors open a jar, and then offer the monkeys some food. When the actors helped each other open the jar, the monkeys would accept food from either of them But when one of the actors refused to help the other open the jar, the monkeys turned down food that was offered to them by the selfish person. Capuchin monkeys are very social and cooperative with each other. More recently some of them have been trained as aides for paraplegic humans. |
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