Moral vs Non-moral

Standards
 Moral Standards
• Moral Standard is a code of what is right or wrong
without reference to specific behaviors or beliefs (O’Connor,

1997).
• Moral standards deal with matters that the person thinks
have serious consequence.
 6 Characteristics of Moral standards

1. Moral standards involve behaviors that seriously affect other

people’s well-being.
2. Moral standards take a more important consideration than
other standards, including self-interest.
3. Moral standards do not depend on any external authority but
in how the person perceives the reasonableness of the action.
 6 Characteristics of Moral standards

4. Moral standards are believed to be universal.

5. Moral standards are based on objectivity.
6. Moral standards are associated with vocabulary
that depicts emotion or feelings.
 Moral vs Non-moral Standards
• Non-moral standards can be considered as relative
• standards by which something or someone is judged as
• either good or bad.
• However, when judgment is founded on the rightness or
• wrongness of an action the criteria is based on one’s Moral
• Standards.
 Moral Standards vs Other Rules in Life
• Etiquette is a set of rules on how an individual should
responsibly
• behave in the society ( Taylor and William, 2017).
• Policy is a clear simple statement of how an organization
plans to
• handle its services, actions, or business. Policies are guiding
rules
• to help with decision making.
 Moral Standards vs Other Rules in Life
• A law is a rule created and enforced by the government and its
• agencies to maintain order, resolve disputes, and protect a
• person’s liberty and rights.
• A commandment is a rule that is to be strictly observed because it
• was said to be set by a divine entity, such as those in the Ten
• Commandments (Stahl, 2009).