Ethics and Philosophy.

Ethics is not only a branch of philosophy, but more so the base of philosophy. Socrates believed in the four Cardinal Virtues of the soul and he believed in the eternality of the soul. To make the soul eternal it must have a good balance between the four Cardinal Virtues of temperance, courage, wisdom, and justice. Taking that into consideration, ethics is the moral conduct of all living things; the science of morals. To be …

…something else" (section 5. 93). So, Aristotle believes that questioning one's actions and examining weather they are virtuous or not is striving to be ethical. This questioning and examining of one's life is the basis of philosophical inquiry. Ethics and philosophy are basically one in the same. One cannot become ethical and virtuous without examination of one's actions. Also, one cannot live with a pure soul in accordance with the Cardinal Virtues without being ethical and moral.