这些名词均含“道德”之意。
morals : 多用于实践方面，指按习惯或社会公认的道德标准，尤指男女之间关系的道德。
- Religious values can often differ greatly from humanistic morals.
宗教价值观常常和人本主义道德观相去甚远。 - He's never done anything injurious to morals.
他从未做过任何伤风败俗的事。
morality : 指符合道德标准的行为，或用道德标准衡量某事，既指社会的又指个人的道德。
- Standards of morality seem to be dropping.
道德标准似乎在下降。 - a debate on the morality of abortion
有关堕胎是否道德的辩论
ethics : 多用于伦理方面，指符合于伦理学中所指的好的行为，常指公平正真地对人对事的品德。
- Its members are bound by a rigid code of ethics which includes confidentiality.
它的成员受到包括保密在内的一套严格的伦理规范的约束。 - It is common to distinguish between personal and social ethics.
个人道德准则和社会道德准则常常不一致。
