Section outline
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According to Charles Colson, “Morality describes what is, whereas Ethics describes what ought to be”. Fundamentally, morals refer to a set of rules defining what is considered to be right or wrong and accepted without questions. These rules are typically defined by society. If someone breaks such a rule then he is typically considered to have been “bad” or “immoral.”
Values, on the other hand, provide direction in the determination of right versus wrong or good versus bad. Values are what an individual believes to have worth and importance or to be valuable. As such, morals are values defining right from wrong or good from bad.
Ethics refers to the “moral character of an individual”. The Greeks believed that it includes an emphasis on an individual’s character as well as national character of a citizen as a component of a greater community.
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