morals vs ethics

morals

Definitions

noun

  1. motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

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Love for others, concern for justice and the poor are not so much a question of social morals as the expression of a sacramental conception of Christian morality because, through priestly ministry, the spiritual sacrifice of all the faithful is accomplished, in union with the sacrifice of Christ, the only mediator.

For wear with battle dress beginning in 1939, tam o'shanters and balmorals were designated as field dress.

All who remember this "beatitude" will be helped to solve many perplexing problems of dress, diet, play, education, philanthropy, morals, and civics.

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ethics

Definitions

noun

  1. motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
  2. the philosophical study of moral values and rules

Examples

Republicans, meanwhile, are mulling whether to abandon the notion of filing ethics charges against Rep.

In this article we analyze the grammar of codes of ethics as a written locutionary act, and attempt to determine their implicit illocutionary and perlocutionary values.

Another source of pride for her was being one of the first lay people to serve on the ethics committee of a London teaching hospital.

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