关键词: 伦理, 道德, 涵义, 辨析

Abstract: In daily life,the phenomenon that words "ethics"and"morality"are often considered to be synonyms has caused confusion in the field of academic theory.This paper sorts out the current representative theoretical concepts,differentiates and classifies oriental vs.western implications of,and relationship between, the two words.The author believes that the two words are synonyms in the west, whereas different in Chinese language by nature.So the oriental and western etymology and word meaning are unlikely to be totally correspondent,it is even impossible to replace the basic meaning of the two words in Chinese culture with that in western culture.Understanding the exact meaning of the two words must depend on the homologous cultural background.

Key words: ethics, morality, implication, differentiation