@Lynne0,
There is no hypothetical morality just as there are no imaginary cases of law... People decide what is moral everytime they make a moral choice, and almost anything can be framed as a moral choice... An example of morality can be seen in the behavior of the Jews in Palastine... Both the Jews and the Muslims are very moral people... It is only in the context of a human family as the ideal that their actions seem repulsive...
Ethics as the word ethnic reveals, has a lot to do with ones relationship with ones own... I saved a man from drowning once, and the guy was not white, so it was because I conceived of both he and I as human that I did what I did... And, I was asked to, as much as anyone could, under the circumstances... The man who was with him gave up trying to save him in order to save his own life, and pleaded for us to help... The black man who went in with me to do so turned to me and screamed: That N word is drowning!... Oh ****... Time for me to die... Which I nearly did...
The point is that ethics is about character, and custom... And the character I was raised to have and the custom of our household was to respect other races, and to recognize their equality which for me made not doing something when every effort was required- immoral... Not only do I try to be a moral person, but in the area of philosophy, morality is my concern... But that does not require much of anyone, though it often forbids much behavior... It is possible to judge a person moral if they never lift a finger so long as they harm no one...