Morals codes distinguish between order and chaos and good and evil.

        Without morals we would not live with protection or security of our lives. If we do not protect ourselves we will not survive and will have high crime and death rates. Different cultures have a set standard of moral codes called laws. When a man rapes a female, according to many cultures, the man is committing an immoral act. Therefore, laws are made against rapists. However, you must take into account that all legislated laws are not always moral to every person. This is when moral relativism comes into play and causes conflicts within the area of knowledge of ethics. Moral codes vary from culture to culture. A person or group may disobey certain laws because according to them the law does not uphold their moral code, which in turn makes their disobedience of law ethical (Singer 303). For example, Gandhi marched and fasted to relieve oppression of his fellow Indians. However, many people were killed in the process. To the Indians the British were immoral for their oppressive ways and to the British the Indians were immoral for breaking their laws. In Gandhi’s case the outcome was a positive societal change. However, civil disobedience, which is inspired by immorality, may sometimes cause more problems than in the beginning because domino affects may take place meaning more and more people may start disobeying more laws because every law might seem unjust to someone. Another instance, Alcohol was outlawed during the 1920s. People who want to quit drinking need alcohol because they must gradually drink less and less instead of completely stopping at one time. When something is outlawed that large amount of people do then unethical acts should be expected to occur. Moonshine and others were all results of the prohibition act.  Are the people who contributed to the black market of alcohol going against their moral codes because they were breaking the law? The answer is no and yes because all laws do not agree with everyone’s moral code even if laws are there to determine what is moral and immoral. Nevertheless, overall most of our laws agree with our moral codes as to what is right and wrong. Therefore, we have protection. Just as in history and science, ethics does not have many absolute truths which prove the impossibility of an absolute and universal moral code of ethics. If the world had one universal moral code then society would not have as many problems that we are faced with today. Nevertheless, if we did not have any moral codes we would not survive because people would be allowed to continue lying, cheating, stealing, raping, killing and everything else, with no punishments.

        Moral codes provide ways for people not only to live in a stable society and have protection but also to prosper. For example, Employees of hotels have moral codes they must abide by in order for the owner to gain any profit. If the desk clerks allow their friends to stay in the rooms for free, then profit will not be gained for the owner. Moral codes allow the economy to be stable and move forward. If people went around embezzling like the Enron crisis, no one will ever prosper. Students, who do whatever it takes to succeed even if it means to cheat or steal, must work and learn with students who fully abide by the honor code. However, both types of students must attend class and work together.  Problems arise because it is unfair for students who follow their moral code to study and learn their material rather than the students who cheat to make higher grades. However, everyone will not follow their moral codes because it is human nature. Human nature is a problem of knowledge within ethics. We do not wear our seat belts sometimes or perhaps speed everyday because we as humans are not perfect, however; without moral codes we would be lost in our everyday lives because we base our actions and decisions on our moral codes of ethics.

        Ethics is huge part of our everyday lives. We unconsciously base our decisions on what is right or wrong through our moral codes. We must follow moral codes because society would be in complete disarray and unable to proceed. Secondly, without moral codes, we as humans would not be able to survive our crimes against one another because there would be no laws. Thirdly, moral codes provide us with ways to prosper as individuals and progress in society. Ethics conflict and ever changes from individual to individual and culture to culture, nevertheless; ethics is necessary for us to survive, move forward and prosper in our lives.