Ethics and Morality

“Quality of life versus sanctity of life…”

In ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, Jodi Picoult addresses some contemporary issues with the narrative account of family concerns over the life of one young daughter at the peril of another.

Ethics and morality are not the same – are they?

At the concluding stages of the book, the judge sitting for the court and the justice system offers this reflection.

“ …The answer is that there is no good answer. So as parents, as doctors, as judges, and as a society, we fumble, through and make decisions that allow us to sleep at night – because morals are more important than ethics, and love is more important than law…”