What I was trying to say is that the following quote quite pithily sums up the meaning of ethics for me and it would be a good focus for discussion with kids:-
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Potter Stewart once stated:
“Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have the right to do and what is right to do.”
Here is a somewhat similar quote ~
“
Every generation of Americans needs to know that freedom exists not to do what you like,
but having the right to do what you ought.”
– James Caviezel, actor
(What caused me to add a post to this old thread? The discussion of "character education" came to mind when reading this current thread on bullying in school - "Teaching a PreK kid how to deal with disruptive environment.")
