Ethics concerns the laws which regulate our actions, and the norms of what we should and should not do 4. Ethics convey the right principles. The action is as good as the authority on which it is based. D. Descriptive and Prescriptive Language 1. Descriptive language deals with what is actually done.
Prescriptive language deals with what ought to be done setting a moral obligation.
E. Degrees of Ethics 1. Morally permissible means one may or may not do something and not incur any moral guilt. Morally obligatory means there is a moral command which mandates or forbids an action. Forbidden - Thou shalt not kill. Morally supererogatory actions are not duties, but are praiseworthy actions which go above and beyond the normal call of duty.