plural

See what I think we have
here is a difference in semantics

Morals are inherently a code of conduct
imposed by a higher power

As laws are imposed by government,
moral are imposed by our spiritual beliefs
primarily those which relate to a supreme being.

Ethics are developed
and enforced individually
each person creates and follows their own
ethos based on their spiritual, emotional
and material needs.

Morals are static set in stone.

Ethics are flexible as we are.

Now most people deep inside themselves
are devoid of a strong set of morals.

Just like we speed down the freeway
even though it is technically wrong
we often bend the corners of our morals
because of our distance and inability to relate
to the governing power

If god came and talked to you

if the heavens opened up and
he said

"since you have been a womanizer and
have debased women you will be impotent
until you change your ways."

not only would you damn well
change your ways, but you would
most likely take another gander at the rule book
to avoid some other more hideous punishment.

Laws are more obvious which is why for the most
part we only break the indirect ones such as speeding

Most people wouldn't rob a bank
not because they aren't greedy enough
nor covetous enough but because
the enforcing power of the law is
very obvious and clear in a bank

you have a guy with a gun standing there,
there are alarms, and video cameras

with human beings when it comes to
laws and morals we follow laws
primarily because we feel the hand
of punishment and wish to avoid that.

Ethics however, are a personal limit
where you set your own boundaries.

from a personal view,
one of my ethics is

"don't boink your friend's woman"

I don't do it because
I fear the wrath of my friend
but
because I have decided
that
it is not an act
congruous with
the image of a person
that I strive for