[[File:Gilbert-Stuart 1795 Washington-portrait.jpg|thumbnail|right|150px|[[George Washington]] warned that it is folly to suppose that “morality “[[morality]] can be maintained without [[religion]].”<ref>[https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/411-connection-between-religion-and-morality-the The Connection between Religion and Morality]</ref> See: [[Religion and morality]] ]]
'''Ethics''' is the branch of [[philosophy]] that seeks to determine how one ought to act in a particular situation. That is to say, it focuses on how one might be able to determine right or good action in any given situation.