My reflections on Ethics

What is Ethics?The dictionary says it could be ideal,integrity,morals,mores,principles,standards,beliefs,conducts,customs and values.So ethics has a wide connotation.This means there could be ethics in every field.So ethics is a set of right principles of conduct.Any activity can be considered ethically wrong by some people and right by some others.This is primarily because it is something related to one's belief's and values.Values again,couldbe subjective.It could be personal values or cultural values and it could vary between cross cultures.Then what is the right value?.What is right in one culture may not be right in another culture.The cultural differences between East and West naturally ends in different value perceptions.So there are no right and wrong in ethics.Is there an universal or global ethics?.It could be some acceptable conduct and behaviour the world over.In other words,a preferable behaviour in a given situation or environment.Helping one another in times of distress,honesty,showing respect and concern for others,legal compliance and being fair.In a nutshell,I believe to be ethical is to have a justifiable means and a justifiable end for every activity of ours.If either the means or end of an activity is unjust,that is unethical.I consider this as the litmus test for ethics.