similarities between ethics and law?
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Both seek to decide what is right and wrong. Ethics is more of a personal opinion. Law is the collection of views of society members.
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Law is an obligation of the society to which a person has to abide. Any law that violates your rights is morally wrong. However, your right should not hinder/hurt other people's rights/sentiments. Breaking a law is dangerous when you are prone to get caught.. however, people tend to bend laws and break laws.. to which the penalty is not severe.. say, like speeding, not wearing seat belts, etc. Any law would be right if it doesnt invade the realms of Human rights and religious beliefs of a person. If you are unhappy with any law, you can fight it in the court of justice or ask your legislature to change/modify. However thats a very tiring and exhaustive process.
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Birds of a feather flock together.  A lot of the politicians are lawyers.  Lawyers believe in the rule of law.  If it is not illegal, then it is OK to do it.  Most of believe that the law does not cover everything.  Just because it isn't illegal does not make it moral.  Remember, only criminals have rights.
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You're discussing things on two different levels. Morality and justice are correlated obviously, but not the same thing. The 10 commandments are supposed to be individual standards of morality not laws. For example, is it MORAL to constantly belittle someone and make them cry? No, but it is not illegal.\n\nThere *are* laws about adultery, not because it is morally wrong but because it breaks a legal contract. (These laws are obviously not really enforced that often.)\n\nThere *are* laws about keeping the Sabbath day holy (e.g. you can't buy liquor in some places on Sunday), but these types of laws are becoming more obsolete.
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Ethical decision is related to a profession and moral is related to the way people conduct themselve, but they also can go together if your are a professional, one follows the other.
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Morality is usually concerned with personal issue whereas ethics is concerned when issue takes into account another person.
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I think you will find http://www.enterweb.org/ethics.htm provides a great place to start at least.\n\nAll the best!\n\nCheers\nAlister\nhttp://www.marketscience.com.au
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This is a really tough question. To answer it, it may be helpful to understand the express differences between the legal system and lawyers.\n\nThe legal system is well thought-out, well-designed, time-tested, and does its best to protect the innocent.\n\nLawyers, however, are posed with a very difficult question when they are in law school: Should a lawyer's ultimate loyalty be to justice or to the client?\n\nMost people would like to say the answer is "justice" but, technically, that is incorrect. Law students are instructed to serve justice, but are also instructed that their primary concern is the client. Their loyalty, even over justice, is to the client. This makes more sense that one would think: Clients couldn't expect to get competent service from a lawyer if the lawyer's ultimate loyalty was to justice and not the client. If the client was guilty, the lawyer would end up serving justice and not the client, and the client would lose their case no matter what. However, everyone is entitled to a fair trial and competent counsel under the Constitution. The only way for this to happen is if the lawyer's loyalty goes to the client no matter what, guilty or innocent.\n\nTo keep lawyers from going too far, though, all law students must take 2 courses and an exam (separate from the bar exam) on Professional Responsibility. In the course they are subject to learning a 2-inch-thick book of ABA Approved Professional Rules of Conduct to keep lawyers from manipulating the law in an unjust and dishonest way, while still maintaining ultimate loyalty to their client.
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Under the category "Politics & Government" there is a subtopic "Law & Ethics." This would be the apporopriate area for legal questions.
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Morals are things like the majority of people agree are not right i.e.'Do not kill' etc... Ethics have more to do with making the right/wrong choice in life that are in the grey areas of life. Example, you are attempting to help out a friend by submitting their resume to your boss but when you read your friend's resume you see clearly that your friend could easily take your job because your friend is more qualified then you. Do you give the resume to your boss and help out your friend that really needs a job or do you never submit the resume to your boss and lie to your friend about it?
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Can you be more specific? If your looking for counseling ethics law, you can go to Google or check with your state's Department of Children and Families or DCF. They would know the legal issues. APA guidelines can be found by going to the APA website-I think it's www.apa.com
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The thing you have to remember about law is that is can be a very fluid concept.  And there are always loop holes.
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Institutional philosophy -- are you in competition with your classmates? Is it a communal atmosphere? \n\nClass size -- how much contact will you have with professors and what quality?\n\nProfessors -- what professors are there with whom you'd like to study?\n\nOpportunities for internships in school -- education is as much about engagement outside the classroom.\n\nFunding -- will they pay for public interest work if you're interested in it?\n\nFlexibility of courses -- when can you choose your own courses?\n\nClerkships -- if you're interested  in measuring prestige some, looking at where the students clerk after graduation is important.\n\nClinical programs -- are there opportunities to practice law during school?\n\nAlumni networks -- are there good alums who can help you out after graduation.\n\nFinally, many law schools train their students to practice law where they are.  Keep location in mind strongly while considering schools.\n\nGood luck!
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The adverserial legal system is governed by rules of conduct and engagement imposed on both parties. In that sense it is ethical as it provides a structure for "fair play". However, a lawyer's job is to win a case hor his/her client. Taking advantage of loopholes in the law is one way to beat the otherside. In some cases, this may not be ethical. Nevertheless, the legal process that we have provides the best way to redress a wrong since a party that feels its claim was not handled well/fairly within the scope of the law, can in some cases seek further action through the appelate courts. This is as good as it gets folks! The alternative would be Hamurarbbi's Sheria/Law, where justice is meted out in the form of chopping off body parts.
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Wouldn't moral law just be doing what you think is right? For example, don't murder, don't steal, don't rape are some pretty basic moral laws. \nAlso "Laws are rules or STATUTES" not statues. Moral law would be statute law likely so you might search the web for statute law. You definitely won't find much about statue law that's relevent.
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Depends highly on where you arer in the world! Your answer should follow the lines of the different legal instruments that the law system uses(in Scotland - we use both Legislation and common law) to implemet the idea of Justice i.e. consistancy via cases and intrepretation by the courts in the application of the law. Natural justice is another area. Just get any law book and read the first chapter - usually its all in there or if your really lazy - just ready the summaries the chapters provide! Good luck
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In civil law countries, legislation is seen as the primary source of law. By default, courts thus base their judgments on the provisions of codes and statutes, from which solutions in particular cases are to be derived. Courts thus have to reason extensively on the basis of general rules and principles of the code, often drawing analogies from statutory provisions to fill lacunae and to achieve coherence. By contrast, in the common law system, cases are the primary source of law, while statutes are only seen as incursions into the common law and thus interpreted narrowly.