The Function of Ethics and Morality in American Democracy.

There are a few questions surrounding the topic of ethics and morality. What are ethics and morality? Are they really necessary in order to have a decent functioning society? Would we be able to live with one another without them? Most people realize ethics and morality have something to do with the concepts of good and bad. Individuals need to have ethics and morality to a certain degree so we can maintain some sense of …showed first 75 words of 566 total…

…showed last 75 words of 566 total…people probably would not think twice about killing a person. I think that in order to have a decent, functioning society where people can live and coexist with one another, there has to be certain rules or guidelines. These principles have to exist so people know the difference between right and wrong, or else how are they going to know that stealing and killing and other things of that nature are wrong and not acceptable?