>But lying under oath or false advertising are illegal. That's why I said "in all cases". Clearly, lying isn't only immoral in the cases of lying under oath or

>But lying under oath or false advertising are illegal. That's why I said "in all cases". Clearly, lying isn't only immoral in the cases of lying under oath or false advertising. It's still immoral for me to say that a ball is "out" in tennis when I clearly saw that it's "in", even if doing so is not illegal in most cases. >That's morals, not ethics. And it's rooted in religions. The difference is immaterial. Even most ethical codes are rooted in religious thinking at some poitn in their formation. That doesn't make them invalid ethical codes. Ethical codes are generally constructed on the basis of morality, or in some cases on the basis of professional conduct - but even that isn't only practical.