The Role of Law versus Ethics (protogenist.wordpress.com)

The law consists of rules that are recognized by a society and enforceable by some authority. It can impose affirmative obligations to act in certain ways or require people to refrain from certain actions. Although laws are informed by ethics, they are not equivalent and therefore laws aren’t entirely congruent with societal ethical norms. For example, we might agree that lying to a friend is unethical