Ethics and Values in a Changing World

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Ethics and values are the words often used in studies of Philosophy. Ethics is to be understood as an attempt to identify universal principles of ideal morality. It is just like a social contract framed with consensus of people during a very long time span and continuing to next generations. These established ethics are expected to be followed by individuals as code of conduct. Human behavior is judged as good or bad on its ethical standardization. Ethics has to do with behavior and values have to do with beliefs. Ethics are public opinions and values are personal beliefs. Values are