What is the Nature of Ethical and Moral Terms?
With our ethical/moral distinction operational lets examine the nature of ethical and moral terminology used in every ethical argument whether deductive or inductive. Applied to the question How should I live my life. Any should answer to that question will be based on the underlying values we profess. These underlying values about how our life ought to be conducted then constitute our ethical principles. Our ethical conduct is what we usually mean by our moral character as a person. Living our life as we think it ought to be led then is what we mean by adhering virtuously to a moral code. Ultimately then, all ethical and moral arguments are predicated on value terms. Therein lies the problem of sound proof. Can we prove an ‘ought’ from an ‘is’ ? What are the Major Ethical and Moral Alternative Arguments? All ethical and moral arguments seek to demonstrate that the source of ethical first principles can be known either objectively or subjectively. By objective they mean that good and e
