Morality: Standards, beliefs about what is right and wrong behavior, esp. regarding sex: Religious people talk about the need for greater morality in every era.
Ethic: moral or correct behavior: The priest spoke about the Christian ethic: "Love your neighbor as yourself." 2 pl. a system of moral or correct conduct, moral principles: Her ethics in business are excellent.
I agree, I don't think the two are different concepts, maybe just used at different times. Ethics sounds more professional, kind of like "scruples". Morality sounds more personal, like "decency" and such.
Let's just say they go together.
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"Morality" tends to imply religiosity, while "Ethics" is a somewhat more secular term.
You'll generally hear about scientific 'ethics' and medical 'ethics', but not scientific or medical 'morality.'
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First of Two: Then there was my example of "Christian ethic" up there. So apparently they're both used in both arenas, scientific and religious.
Oh, the humanity!!!
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