There are several connections between the terms "ethics" and "morals". In most cases, the term “ethics” is synonymous with the term “morals”. However, they can also be used to distinguish between different areas of morality (Downie 33). Ethics is the philosophical study of morality. Morality is the system that describes the rules or criteria that guide human conduct. It is a system composed of rules and moral principles that is used to distinguish between right and wrong. These moral rules and principles are otherwise known as “rules of conduct.” A theory is a structured set of statements used to explain (or predict) a set of facts or concepts. A moral theory, therefore, explains why a certain action is wrong – or why we should act in a certain way. it is a theory about how we determine right and wrong conduct. Furthermore, moral theories provide the framework upon which we think and reasonedly discuss, and thus evaluate, specific moral issues. In presenting a moral theory, we are simply describing how people, in their everyday "actions" and "thoughts," form judgments about what is right and wrong. Or are we prescribing how people should make these judgments (The Nature of Morality and Moral Theories)? Is there a way to adequately describe morality? Cultural and traditional values. The same can be said of moral values. Like cultural and traditional values, moral values ​​develop through the process of socialization and are influenced by a particular environment of it is potentially defective? Morality is just a construct that evolves to fit “or… middle of paper… a definition of morality can bridge the gap between facts and action. Nor does any definition of morality have major overall advantages over the other plausible definitions that have been suggested. It follows that disputes over the definition of morality and the “is-ought” problem are disputes over words that raise no truly significant questions. This point is not entirely new. The existence of the gap between reason and action was the basis of Hume's arguments that moral judgments do not arise from reason. In fact, Hume thought that moral judgments should be linked to action, while reason alone cannot lead to action. If anyone had suggested defining "moral judgment" in a way not necessarily connected to action, Hume would no doubt have been ready to admit that, thus defined, moral judgments could arise from reason. (Singer)