The rules of Ethics are also called as a _______

The correct answer is Law.

• The rules of Ethics are also called law, laws and moral law.
• One such set of laws are enforced by the government under threat of punishment.
• Another set of rules which operate without the force of official laws constitute optional morality, merit, virtue or nobleness. These are voluntary.

Key Points

• Morality is not obligatory, authoritative or binding. Positive law cannot be identified with moral judgment.
• Positive laws are made by governments. They take the form of laws passed by central and State legislatures, rules, regulations and judicial orders.
• In older moral textbooks, positive laws i.e. statutory man-made laws are distinguished from natural law which is purportedly based on universally accepted moral principles, God’s law, and/or derived from nature and reason.
• Positive laws generally prohibit external acts likely to harm society.