Laws vs. Ethics — What's the Difference?

Plural of law

Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior". The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns matters of value; these fields comprise the branch of philosophy called axiology.Ethics seeks to resolve questions of human morality by defining concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime.

The police.

Moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity

The first five books of the Old Testament, also called The Law and Torah.

The branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles

The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit

A set of principles of right conduct.

A theory or a system of moral values

Ethics (used with a sing. verb) The study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made by a person; moral philosophy.

Ethics (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession

(philosophy) The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.

Morality.

The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession.

The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics.

Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

The philosophical study of moral values and rules