Excerpt from Christian Ethics
By a merely nominal definition, Ethics is the science of the moral.
McCosh "The science of the laws of man's moral constitution."
It is also called the science of human conduct.
Porter: "Science of human duty."
Wayland: "Science of moral law."
These differences arise from different approaches to the subject.
The Subject of Ethics. - By common consent it is man in his moral nature and relations. Notice such terms as merit, demerit, ought, obligation, duty, right, wrong. Ethics is the department in which these are the ruling ideas.
Ought. The word ought introduces the mind into new regions where the material is not found. All materialistic philosophers are confronted with "ought," "right," &c. These words will not down at the bidding of evolutionists. We use Ethics in preference to moral philosophy because the latter word is ambiguous.
Sidney Smith: By the term "moral philosophy" is popularly understood, Ethics. But the term moral philosophy is misleading and is too inclusive. Moral philosophy is used in a popular sense including metaphysics, ?sthetics &c., and second in a proper sense as opposed to natural philosophy.
Ethics is a more felicitous and accurate term. From the Greek, (moral from wos.) "Morals" relates to the external. Ethics is internal. This term originated with the Greeks. While Ethics has a wide sphere and scope of its own, it does not stand alone. It is related - (1) to psychology because there are faculties to be considered, (2) to metaphysics as cause and effect, (3) to political and social science, jurisprudence and political economy.
Some of the topics that come up in these relations must be discussed.
1. The nature and origin of moral ideas.
2. Faculties by which man is made capable of moral action.
3. Relations in which he puts forth moral action.
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