(October 5, 2018 at 7:50 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: They're synonyms. You'll have to heap the blame on the english language for that one. It isn't philosophy's fault.
In my industry they are not synonyms which is why it's easy to see morality as a system of inputs, process, outputs and controls (enablers and constraints) and similarly to see ethics as relating to goals, principles and practices.
Similarly, by specifying (limiting) 'objective' and 'subjective' as metrics-related terms it removes potential for equivocation...
"An object and/or an objective can be objectively measured using objective metrics". Yuck!
Meaning...
A thing and/or a goal can be independently measured using quantitative metrics.
By clarifying the subject using system, service and process terminology with unambiguous definitions it removes all the stuff like...
"Philosophers Bob and Harry consider morals to be xxx but Alice and Steph disagree and consider it to be xxy whereas this has been criticised by Frank and Faizul who argue for yyy-x or yyy-z
The PURPOSE of life is to replicate our DNA ................. (from Darwin)
The MEANING of life is the experience of living ... (from Frank Herbert)
The VALUE of life is the legacy we leave behind ..... (from observation)
The MEANING of life is the experience of living ... (from Frank Herbert)
The VALUE of life is the legacy we leave behind ..... (from observation)