From: Guru George (gurugeorge@sugarland.idiscover.co.uk)
Date: Fri Oct 03 1997 - 15:09:52 MDT
On Thu, 2 Oct 1997 18:38:17 -0400 (EDT)
EvMick@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 97-10-01 15:39:40 EDT, you write:
>
>Could it be that ethics is individual while moral is group? (species, family,
>social or somethin?)
>
I've often thought along those lines - despite Daniel Lee Crocker's
cogent comments about there being no difference, I can't help feeling
that morality *is* more a "we" thing, whereas ethics is more an "I" thing.
"This is how we do it here" is morality, it seems - custom, tradition,
etc., whereas ethics seems to be more like Richard Francis Burton's:
"He noblest lives and noblest dies
Who makes and keeps his self-made laws"
(not sure I got the quote right there, it's from his Kasidah).
At any rate, whether or not these are the right words to use for these
things, there's definitely a distinction here to be articulated.
>
>EvMick
>
Guru George
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