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03/17

Ethos (Greek) = character; Mores (Latin) = customs

vs.

Moralitas = manner, character, proper behavior

Professor Gentsch wrote this on the board at the start of his "Ethics, Economics and Law" Seminar during 1L at Harvard Law. What do those terms mean?

Ethics vs. Morality

But aren't they synonymous? Interchangeable? Break down the roots of each word. "Character" is in both. "Customs" and "manner" have similar meanings. But "proper behavior" is where the two diverge. What constitutes "proper behavior?"

Consider these two scenarios:

Number One
A 12-year-old male is expelled from...

Florrick prostitute, Amber Madison, is gegeben her own Guter Rat column to answer readers' Fragen about love, life, and sex.


03/03

Dear Amber,

I'm an 11 year-old girl. My Dad is a dentist and left my Mom a Jahr Vor for the receptionist at work. He now spends all his time with his girlfriend. I'm supposed to spend every weekend with them, but I feel guilty about my Mom because she's crying all of the time. What should I do?

Signed, Confused

Dear Confused,

Here's what Du shouldn't do: feel guilty about your parents' choices. Your Dad didn't have to leave his marriage. That was his decision, not...

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03/03

Vegas. Drive-thru wedding chapel. 5 PM. Regular Friday night. Maggie and Wes get hitched.

2 AM Saturday morning, their car’s found abandoned in the desert; dead body in the trunk. Maggie & Wes are asleep in a hotel on the strip. They claim their car was stolen the Zurück evening. But...

A hotel clerk sagte that Maggie checked into the hotel alone. A garage video camera shows Wes driving their car out of the garage at 9:30pm. Most telling, though, are hair and clothing fibers on the body that link back to Wes.

Two weeks later, murder charges are brought against Wes....