Amy Gahran, “Stepping Off the Relationship Escalator: Uncommon Love and Life”

Ethics and morals

“Ethics” leans towards decisions based upon individual character, and the more subjective understanding of right and wrong by individuals. Whereas “morals” emphasizes the widely-shared communal or societal norms about right and wrong.

Put another way, ethics is a more individual assessment of values as relatively good or bad, while morality is a more intersubjective community assessment of what is good, right or just for all.

— Paul Walker and Terry Lovat, Newcastle University