Compare and contrast "morality" and "ethics."

Douglas Carroll, Ed.D.

Morality is a set of principles which guide our behavior within a particular community.
We think of moral questions as framed by religious doctrinal beliefs, but that is not always the
case. Morality in the modern world is influenced by the culture of a society and is not as
quickly defined as it was in the pre-modern twentieth century, where religion dominated
philosophical considerations. Morality and ethics have become conflated, making a distinction
between the two more difficult.

Ethics is behavior confined to a specific
category. For example, ethical behavior on the athletic field may...

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