Greek word ethos – stands for Ethics, ethos means custom or moral character. Morality originates from the Latin word moralis – manner or customs. Both these words deal with the manner or customs of the people in which they do things. The modern dictionary defines these words as the way people act – that can be either good or bad.
A set of agreed rules and the code of conduct within an environment that openly states what is acceptable and what is not acceptable within a society is referred to as Morality. The concept of morality changes with time and situation, this can explain as killing (murder) is an immoral act but in the state of war or in a battlefield killing, murder is allowed, so it be said that morality is synced with ethics.… Read the rest