John:

I've already articulated the distinction I use between the two.

Agreements that form in a group of people concerning right action are codes of "morality" even though they may be completely irrational; examples are various tabus, or eating rituals like avoiding meat on Fridays or shunning left-handed underpants.

Ethics is the contemplation of optimum survival for self and others.

It is an individual thing, born from an inherent sense of human effort. I think of it as aligned with what some folks call enlightened self-interest.

It requires no deities or hobgoblins. It is the individual's personal sense of duty and right action.


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