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Moral vs. Ethical: Key Distinctions

The document discusses the differences between morality and ethics, using the example of war being immoral but not necessarily unethical. It then examines the author's question of "Why should we be moral?" which refers to morality being necessary for social living. The author backs up this argument with Thomas Hobbes' social contract theory, which suggests humans live better in cooperative societies that go beyond mere companionship.

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Moral vs. Ethical: Key Distinctions

The document discusses the differences between morality and ethics, using the example of war being immoral but not necessarily unethical. It then examines the author's question of "Why should we be moral?" which refers to morality being necessary for social living. The author backs up this argument with Thomas Hobbes' social contract theory, which suggests humans live better in cooperative societies that go beyond mere companionship.

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1. Is it possible for a person to be moral but not ethical or ethical but not moral?

It is possible for a person to be moral but not ethical or vice versa since both of them maybe
eerily similar to each other, but they are different. Let us take for example, the war between the
New People’s Army and the Philippine army. It is not necessarily unethical, but it is immoral as
one of the casualty when there is a war are lives being taken.

2. What did the author mean when he asked: "Why should we be moral?"

The author meant when he asked “Why should we be moral?” is for the particular reason that
behaving morally is what makes “social living possible.” Even when we think that it is to our
disadvantage to live morally, we have to consider that we are all in a bubble – interacting and
living with each other, behaving morally is what keeps the bubble from bursting and breaking
down.

3. What are his supporting ideas to his argument?

The author’s supporting ideas to back up his argument is the social contract introduced by
Thomas Hobbes. Essentially, what the social contract exact argument is that humans would live
better if we are in a cooperative society as it goes beyond companionship.

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