Quote:

We may think it is not very "honourable" but honour and ethics are two different things.


Interesting! From the Merriam-Webster online dictionary/thesaurus

Entry Word: ethical
Function: adjective
Text: 1 conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue <the ethical behavior expected of every member of the police force> -- see GOOD
2 following the accepted rules of moral conduct <the ethical course of action for the senator who lied to congress would be to resign> -- see HONORABLE
3 guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong <ethical writers do not use the words of other writers without giving them proper credit> -- see CONSCIENTIOUS.

Entry Word: honorable
Function: adjective
Text: 1 following the accepted rules of moral conduct <the only honorable thing to do is to admit that you were wrong and apologize>
Synonyms decent, ethical, honest, just, noble, principled, respectable, righteous, upright, upstanding

Jack

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue." - G. K. Chesterton