Moral vs. Ethic
Difference Between Moral and Ethic
Moral➦
A moral (from Latin morālis) is a message that is conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event. The moral may be left to the hearer, reader, or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim.
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Ethic➦
a set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct
the puritan ethic was being replaced by the hedonist ethic
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Moral➦
Of or concerned with the judgment of right or wrong of human action and character
moral scrutiny.
a moral quandary.
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Ethic➦
relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these
the ethic question is of wider import
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Moral➦
Teaching or exhibiting goodness or correctness of character and behavior
a moral lesson.
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Ethic➦
A set of principles of right conduct.
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Moral➦
Conforming to standards of what is right or just in behavior; virtuous
a moral life.
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Ethic➦
A theory or a system of moral values
"An ethic of service is at war with a craving for gain" (Gregg Easterbrook).
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Moral➦
Arising from conscience or the sense of right and wrong
a moral obligation.
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Ethic➦
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.
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Moral➦
Having psychological rather than physical or tangible effects
a moral victory.
moral support.
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Ethic➦
ethics (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession
medical ethics.
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Moral➦
Based on strong likelihood or firm conviction, rather than on the actual evidence
a moral certainty.
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Ethic➦
Moral, relating to morals.
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Moral➦
The lesson or principle contained in or taught by a fable, a story, or an event.
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Ethic➦
A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.
The Protestant work ethic.
I think the golden rule is a great ethic.
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Moral➦
A concisely expressed precept or general truth; a maxim
likes to follow the moral "To each, his own.".
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Ethic➦
The morality of an action. en
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Moral➦
morals Rules or habits of conduct, especially of sexual conduct, with reference to standards of right and wrong
a person of loose morals.
a decline in the public morals.
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Ethic➦
Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.
The ethical meaning of the miracles.
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Moral➦
Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
moral judgments;
a moral poem
a moral obligation
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Ethic➦
the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; as, the Puritan ethic.
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Moral➦
Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
a moral action
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Ethic➦
a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct.
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Moral➦
Capable of right and wrong action.
a moral agent
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Ethic➦
the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group;
the Puritan ethic
a person with old-fashioned values
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Moral➦
Probable but not proved.
a moral certainty
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Ethic➦
a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct
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Moral➦
Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
a moral victory;
moral support
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Moral➦
(of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
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Moral➦
Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
a candidate with strong morals
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Moral➦
(obsolete) A morality play.
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Moral➦
A moral certainty.
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Moral➦
An exact counterpart.
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Moral➦
(intransitive) To moralize.
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Moral➦
Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules.
Keep at the least within the compass of moral actions, which have in them vice or virtue.
Mankind is broken loose from moral bands.
She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness.
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Moral➦
Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a moral rather than a religious life.
The wiser and more moral part of mankind.
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Moral➦
Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.
A moral agent is a being capable of those actions that have a moral quality, and which can properly be denominated good or evil in a moral sense.
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Moral➦
Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support.
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Moral➦
Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; - opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.
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Moral➦
Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.
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Moral➦
The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; - usually in the plural.
Corrupt in their morals as vice could make them.
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Moral➦
The inner meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative, an occurrence, an experience, etc.; the practical lesson which anything is designed or fitted to teach; the doctrine meant to be inculcated by a fiction; a maxim.
Thus may we gather honey from the weed,And make a moral of the devil himself.
To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.
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Moral➦
A morality play. See Morality, 5.
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Moral➦
To moralize.
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Moral➦
the significance of a story or event;
the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor
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Moral➦
relating to principles of right and wrong; i.e. to morals or ethics;
moral philosophy
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Moral➦
concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles;
moral sense
a moral scrutiny
a moral lesson
a moral quandary
moral convictions
a moral life
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Moral➦
adhering to ethical and moral principles;
it seems ethical and right
followed the only honorable course of action
had the moral courage to stand alone
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Moral➦
arising from the sense of right and wrong;
a moral obligation
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Moral➦
psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect;
a moral victory
moral support
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Moral➦
based on strong likelihood or firm conviction rather than actual evidence;
a moral certainty
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