Some things that just sort of popped into my head this morning in the shower:
Intelligence is the ability to figure out how to do things.
Wisdom is the ability to figure out what to do.
In other words, "intelligence" lets you figure out the means, "wisdom" lets you figure out the ends.
Philosophy is a discipline which is effectively a "virtual machine" which allows you emulate wisdom using intelligence.
However, you need at least a certain amount of wisdom to "aim" the virtual machine of philosophy in order to get useful results. Without a smidgeon of wisdom, philosophy can just end up with useless wanking that doesn't actually do anything particularly useful. But, properly aimed, philosophy allows you to get much more wisdom out than just wisdom alone.
"Ethics" is related to philosophy, in that it's a "white box" in which you place a situation, apply intelligence, and you get to watch the gears crank, and out comes an answer which tells you what to do in the situation.
"Morality" is a "black box" in which you place a situation, apply wisdom, and you CAN'T see the gears crank, and out comes an answer which tells you what to do in the situation.
Because "ethics" is a "white box", and "morality" is a "black box". it's much easier for "morality" to lead people horribly wrong. You can get wrong answers out of either ethics or morality, but because you can see how "ethics" works, someone else can point out where the gears are slipping and coming out with a wrong answer. But you can't do that with morality.
Intelligence is the ability to figure out how to do things.
Wisdom is the ability to figure out what to do.
In other words, "intelligence" lets you figure out the means, "wisdom" lets you figure out the ends.
Philosophy is a discipline which is effectively a "virtual machine" which allows you emulate wisdom using intelligence.
However, you need at least a certain amount of wisdom to "aim" the virtual machine of philosophy in order to get useful results. Without a smidgeon of wisdom, philosophy can just end up with useless wanking that doesn't actually do anything particularly useful. But, properly aimed, philosophy allows you to get much more wisdom out than just wisdom alone.
"Ethics" is related to philosophy, in that it's a "white box" in which you place a situation, apply intelligence, and you get to watch the gears crank, and out comes an answer which tells you what to do in the situation.
"Morality" is a "black box" in which you place a situation, apply wisdom, and you CAN'T see the gears crank, and out comes an answer which tells you what to do in the situation.
Because "ethics" is a "white box", and "morality" is a "black box". it's much easier for "morality" to lead people horribly wrong. You can get wrong answers out of either ethics or morality, but because you can see how "ethics" works, someone else can point out where the gears are slipping and coming out with a wrong answer. But you can't do that with morality.