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What's the difference between ethics and morality? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Or "ethical" vs "moral"

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[–] menturi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I were to concisely put it with a fews word each, would it be a close approxmation to say morality is an automatic response and ethics is a rational response?

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Hah, I felt I was already trimming it down to be as concise as I could get it. Maybe ethical systems are always rational, but I wouldn't take that to mean automatic responses are not rational.

I think the important part is that morality doesn't have a central goal and isn't designed, and ethics does and is.