Questions About Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong

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From the point of ethics what is the meaning of Right and Wrong?

Bry Willis If one parses 'ethics' from 'morality', and ethics is a construct of rules, then right is adhering to the rules and wrong is not adhering to them. Any…moreIf one parses 'ethics' from 'morality', and ethics is a construct of rules, then right is adhering to the rules and wrong is not adhering to them. Any game such as cricket has rules. Business has rules. Governments have rules. If you accept the rules of participation and engagement, then the break a rule becomes wrong, hence unethical.

A problem arises when you find yourself in a situation, don't agree with the rules, and never agreed to them. This, of course, is a major issue relative to Social Contract theory. (less)

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