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THE NATURE AND CONCEPTSOF ETHICS AND MORALITY
Nature and Definition of EthicsEthicsEthicsethicos(Greek)ethos(English)=meaning “custom” or“character”ethicos(Greek)ethos(English)=meaning “custom” or“character”Ethics is aphilosophicalandpractical sciencethatdeals with the studyofthe morality of a humanact or human conductEthics is aphilosophicalandpractical sciencethatdeals with the studyofthe morality of a humanact or human conduct
Nature and Definition of MoralityMoralityMoralityLatin wordmosormoreswhich alsomeans “custom” or“tradition”Latin wordmosormoreswhich alsomeans “custom” or“tradition”Morality of human acts refers tothe goodness or the badness, or,the rightness or the wrongnessof human acts. Hence, Ethics isdefined as a normativephilosophical science that dealswith the goodness or badness,the rightness or the wrongnessof human acts.Morality of human acts refers tothe goodness or the badness, or,the rightness or the wrongnessof human acts. Hence, Ethics isdefined as a normativephilosophical science that dealswith the goodness or badness,the rightness or the wrongnessof human acts.
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