definition of ethics from ethos and morals from moris?

Smarteli

7 years ago

Ethos (/ˈiːθɒs/ or US: /ˈiːθoʊs/) is a
Greek word meaning "character" that is
used to describe the guiding beliefs or
ideals that characterize a community,
nation, or ideology. The Greeks also used
this word to refer to the power of music
to influence emotions, behaviors, and
even morals.[1] Early Greek stories of
Orpheus exhibit this idea in a compelling
way. The word's use in rhetoric is closely
based on the Greek terminology used by
Aristotle in his concept of the three
artistic proofs or modes of persuasion.
Etymology and origin
Ethos (ἦθος, ἔθος; plurals: ethe, ἤθη;
ethea, ἤθεα) is a Greek word originally
meaning "accustomed place" (as in ἤθεα
ἵππων "the habitats of horses", Iliad
6.511, 15.268),[2] "custom, habit",
equivalent to Latin mores.
Ethos forms the root of ethikos (ἠθικός),
meaning "moral, showing moral
character".[3] As an adjective in the
neuter plural form ta ethika (τὰ ἠθικά),
used for the study of morals, it is the
origin of the modern English word ethics.
Current usage
In modern usage, ethos denotes the
disposition, character, or fundamental
values peculiar to a specific person,
people, corporation, culture, or
movement. For example, the poet and
critic T. S. Eliot wrote in 1940 that "the
general ethos of the people they have to
govern determines the behavior of
politicians".[4] Similarly the historian
Orlando Figes wrote in 1996 that in Soviet
Russia of the 1920s "the ethos of the
Communist party dominated every aspect
of public life".[5]
Ethos may change in response to new
ideas or forces. For example, according to
the Jewish historian Arie Krampf, ideas of
economic modernization which were
imported into Palestine in the 1930s
brought about "the abandonment of the
agrarian ethos and the reception of...the
ethos of rapid development".[6]