Moral vs Ethics vs Law

Flowchart nodes

• Ethics

• Law

• Morality

• Principles or habits with respect to right or wrong conduct. While morals also prescribe dos and don'ts, morality is ultimately a personal compass of right and wrong

• Ethics is a branch of moral philosophy that guides people about the basic human conduct.

• Set of guidelines

• Governed by Individual, Legal and Professional norms

• They are abstract or theoretical.

• There is no punishment for violation of ethics.

• Ethics are made to help people to decide what is right or wrong and how to act.

• Ethics do not have a binding nature.

• Expressed and published in writing.

• refers to a systematic body of rules that governs the whole society and the actions of its individual members.

• Governed by the government or a legal authority 

• Violation of law is not permissible which may result in punishment like imprisonment or fine or both.

• Set of rules and regulations

• Law is created with an intent to maintain social order and peace in the society and provide protection to all the citizens.

• Law has a legal binding.

• the beliefs of the individual or group as to what is right or wrong.

• General principles set by group

• Expressed in the form of statements

• there is no option to think and choose; the individual can either accept or reject

• Morals may differ from society to society and culture to culture.

• Governed by Social and cultural norms