What is Ethics?
Ethics is the answer of the questions What should I do? and Why? It is important to look at the what should I do part of ethics because that will tell you what actions are morally correct. The why part is heavily steeped in reason. You would use this question to ask yourself if you should do something then ask yourself why to see if that action is acceptable. Depending on which theory you believe, these questions will be easier to answer.
Ethics is the answer of the questions What should I do? and Why? It is important to look at the what should I do part of ethics because that will tell you what actions are morally correct. The why part is heavily steeped in reason. You would use this question to ask yourself if you should do something then ask yourself why to see if that action is acceptable. Depending on which theory you believe, these questions will be easier to answer.