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Moral Standards vs. Non-Moral Standards: Jensen DG. Mañebog

Moral standards refer to rules about what is right and wrong in terms of human behavior and ethics. They involve judgments about actions that are morally right or wrong, and objects that are morally good or bad. Non-moral standards are rules that are unrelated to morality or ethics. They include etiquette, fashion, rules of games, and various other house rules. Religious rules, traditions, and some laws can be considered non-moral standards depending on context. Moral standards differ from non-moral standards in that they involve serious impacts on human well-being, ought to take precedence over other values, and deal with matters of right and wrong rather than secondary issues.

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Moral Standards vs. Non-Moral Standards: Jensen DG. Mañebog

Moral standards refer to rules about what is right and wrong in terms of human behavior and ethics. They involve judgments about actions that are morally right or wrong, and objects that are morally good or bad. Non-moral standards are rules that are unrelated to morality or ethics. They include etiquette, fashion, rules of games, and various other house rules. Religious rules, traditions, and some laws can be considered non-moral standards depending on context. Moral standards differ from non-moral standards in that they involve serious impacts on human well-being, ought to take precedence over other values, and deal with matters of right and wrong rather than secondary issues.

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Moral Standards vs.

Non-Moral Standards
by Jensen DG. Mañebog
 
Morality may refer to the standards that a person or a group has about what is right and wrong, or
good and evil. Accordingly, moral standards are those concerned with or relating to human
behavior, especially the distinction between good and bad (or right and wrong) behavior.
 
Moral standards involve the rules people have about the kinds of actions they believe are
morally right and wrong, as well as the values they place on the kinds of objects they believe are
morally good and morally bad. Some ethicists equate moral standards with moral
values and moral principles.
 
Non-moral standards refer to rules that are unrelated to moral or ethical considerations. Either
these standards are not necessarily linked to morality or by nature lack ethical sense. Basic
examples of non-moral standards include rules of etiquette, fashion standards, rules in games,
and various house rules.
 
Technically, religious rules, some traditions, and legal statutes (i.e. laws and ordinances) are non-
moral principles, though they can be ethically relevant depending on some factors and contexts.
 
The following six (6) characteristics of moral standards further differentiate them from non-
moral standards:
 
a. Moral standards involve serious wrongs or significant benefits.
Moral standards deal with matters which can seriously impact, that is, injure or benefit human
beings. It is not the case with many non-moral standards. For instance, following or violating
some basketball rules may matter in basketball games but does not necessarily affect one’s life or
wellbeing.
 
b. Moral standards ought to be preferred to other values.
Moral standards have overriding character or hegemonic authority. If a moral standard states that
a person has the moral obligation to do something, then he/she is supposed to do that even if it
conflicts with other non-moral standards, and even with self-interest.
 
Moral standards are not the only rules or principles in society, but they take precedence over
other considerations, including aesthetic, prudential, and even legal ones. A person may be
aesthetically justified in leaving behind his family in order to devote his life to painting, but
morally, all things considered, he/she probably was not justified. It may be prudent to lie to save
one’s dignity, but it probably is morally wrong to do so. When a particular law becomes
seriously immoral, it may be people’s moral duty to exercise civil disobedience.
 

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