Some philosophers call ethics the "science of morality". Morality is what someone thinks or feels is good or bad. There are many different moralities, but they share some things. For example most people think that murder (killing somebody) is wrong. Some philosophers have hope to find more things that moralities share. They think that ethics should use the scientific method to study things that people think are good or bad. Their work can be used to test the fairness of a situation, such as how people should treat each other.
Other philosophers think that ethics is separate from morality. They do not think that ethics can be studied using the scientific method and they think it is closer to metaphysics.
Some philosophers believe that ethics is subjective. This means that they think that what is right for me is whatever I say is right. These philosophers do not think that ethics is the same for all people.
Understanding ethics can help people decide what to do when they have choices.
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