This is an essay question. Describe the relationship between law and ethics, and speculate as to why they are lumped together at yahoo answers. Compare and contrast, if it helps your argument, but I’m more interested in the _relationship_ between them than their similarities and differences, or in simple definitions.

what is the relation between the law and ethics?
how is it tied in?
what ethic should the lawmakers and judges adopt?
1st answer:
but what makes them “just and fair”

so you are saying
all morals come from religion and that anyone who doesn’t
have religion has no ethics above the law? I find that ludicrous.

Can someone please direct me to some free articles on the internet discussing the relationship between law and ethics..

I need some information about comparing and contrasting law and ethics in the workplace. Anyone know where I can get this information?

Seriously, I can’t see how Law and Ethics automatically get grouped together. The law *may* be ethical, and ethics *may* be enshrined in law, but the law is very often the opposite of ethical and much that can be considered ethical may even be illegal. What’s the thinking behind this connection?

I’m writing a paper about social work and the law….I feel I need to write a paragraph explaining the relationship between the law and ethics….and while I have a couple of ideas,I could use some ideas….I’m having a serious case of “How do I say what I’m feeling”

Any ideas out there that might help direct me in writing a paragraph or so?

True or false: The relationship between law and ethics dictates that anything lawful is ethical and anything ethical is legal? What is the rationale behind your answer?

As a hopeful lawyer soon-to-be (okay wannabe, you made me say it) what does ethics have to do with the law?

I mean, I know ethics has good intentions. It can restrict lawyers from doing bad things. But it also gives criminals leeway to get away from the law? How do they complement each other?

If you know the origin of “ethics” (from “ethos”) and logic (from “logos”) upon which much of the laws have been built in the history of the world, you’ll see why the Ancient Greeks called them branches of Philosophy.

So why have we only taken “ethics” and “logic” from Philosophy and applied it to the law? There’s aesthetics, metaphysics, and others?

Seems like the law is just trying to keep out the others. I say get rid of ethics and everything will be fine.