I think it is common to often think that there are these rules and laws put in place because of ethics. However, what is often dismissed is the fact that people’s opinions of what is and is not ethical often changes due to a number of different factors. What I consider to be ethical someone living in France may not. I think there is an obvious link between law and ethics like when someone steals something they can be arrested for it under the private property act, however this is not always the case. For example, when I was in Europe over the break, we turned up at Dusseldorf airport to catch our flight to Italy flying with Air Berlin. When we were checking in they told us because we didn’t check in two days prior we would have to pay 70 Euro per bag opposed to the usual 35. The flight company we booked our flight with did not disclose this to us beforehand which personally I consider unethical but we could not file for compensation due to lack of …show more content…
It shows that people have many different opinions and views about the ideas around ethics. It shows that ethics is harder to define due to the fact the people have many different opinions around it which is ultimately down to their feelings towards things. The relationship between ethics, religion, law and society is also thoroughly discussed. Although ethics is a large part of all these things, it does stay from what is actually ethical in many ways. Like with religion, if ethics were based on religion then those who are not religious would struggle to follow the idea of ethics. What society is like in New Zealand will differ from what society is like in India, so if ethics were based on “whatever society accepts” it would change from country to country; even city to city. Ultimately, ethics is what is considered to be right and wrong and how this affects what people choose to do in terms of their actions. This includes things like assault and murder but also things that are actually legal, like lying and loyalty. It is also about the development of ethical standards and how feelings, laws and social norms can stray from what is actually