1. What is meant by a moral system? What are some of the key differences between

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1. What is meant by a moral system? What are some of the key differences between the "rules of conduct" and the "principles of evaluation" that comprise a moral system? 2. How do religion, law, and philosophy each provide different grounds for justifying a moral principle? 3. Summarize the four different kinds of "discussion stoppers" in ethical discourse that we examined. 4. What is moral relativism? How is it different from cultural relativism? 5. What is meant by the expression "contract-based" ethical theories?

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Moral system basically defines inborn qualities of one peraon.his good behaviour with people attiquetes ,good qualities ,how one greets another person on ocassion of happiness,how one condemns another person on ocassion of sadness..these all things comes under moral system.Moral system also defines humanity and mankind.it also includes how one person differentiates between proper and improper intentions,decisions ,actions.

There are two types of rules of conduct

1.directives for guiding our conducts as individuals.(at the micro level).

2.social policies framed at macro level.

Directives are rules(of conduct) that guides our actions and directs us to behave in certain ways. Rules such as" dont steal" and" dont harm "are examples of rules of conduct.

The rules of conduct evaluated against standards called as principles.for e,g principle of "social utility" which is concerned with promoting the greatest good for greatest number

Can be used to evaluate a social policy such as propierity software should not be copied without permission.

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