Ethical thinking is the secret to a thriving life. It means uisng out thought process in a way that advances life and does not detract from it.
Ethics, morality, individual rights, and natural justice are essential learning, before earth and heaven can resound with absolute joy. These are blessedly shown by Creator’s lessons concerning intrinsic natural law, as we’re gifted!
The cognitive infant bypass, revealed by our conscious process, exists expressly for our personal benefit. Ethical thinking also implies much more. Ethically, morally, and spiritually, it obliges that we recognise and accept others’ rights and ability to progress at their pace, according to their choices and skills. It also chastises our failure to do so, thus nothing surpasses its spiritual invocation, both personally and socially.
Ethical thinking suggests a science, or code of ethics devoted to how men and women should think of life-values and life itself, respectively for self and for others. Its premises are straightforward.
The conscious sequence shows that ethics precedes morality. Their distinction is unmistakable.
Yet we’re taught ‘morality’ concerns our thoughts and desires, while ‘ethics’ refers to rules of conduct for professional business practices such as medical and legal services. That error needs correction.
The relationship between ‘private’ ethics and ‘public’ morality is now very clear.
Ethics deals with the means of determining a moral course of action. Since we each are the author of our actions, we each originate our morality, or its lack, and are fully accountable for both.
Actions affecting ourselves are primarily ethical (or unethical), since no one else is affected. Actions and behaviours that affect others are primarily moral (or immoral), since they are in the public domain. Those foundations can be described as ethical intelligence, and moral intelligence.
Aristotle reached similar conclusions, notably the point at which we commit to an action is where our ethical thoughts and considerations cease being private. Our behaviour now affects others and this demonstrates our morality. Our ethical thought intentions and values are transferred from our private domain, into society where they are now open to public scrutiny.