Read the passage below and answer the following questions: Ethics provides social standards for us because it gives knowledge of what is right and what is wrong. Rules of ethics lay stress on character-building and inspire behaviour motivated by a sense of human duty. Ethics is considered important not because the forefathers accepted it, but because behind it lie justice, purity, discretion and compassion. Ethics is inspired by self-service. It is not philosophical like religions; rather, the basis of ethics is the life-values of people according to which they shape their actions. Ethics of women and tribal people possesses its own permanence. Another meaning of ethics may relate to a particular group, for example, medical ethics of doctors, ethics of teachers, etc.; this is close to deontology. Religion often supports moral principles. Sometimes moral principles are followed because of fear of religion, for many moral rules are believed to have originated from religion. In India, the concepts of karma, rebirth and heaven–hell are propounded by religion; these concepts help maintain an orderly social system. If a person does not follow ethics he is regarded as a criminal, whereas failure to follow religion makes him a sinner. It is not necessary that the nature of all kinds of moral behaviour be religious.