You have seen the light! :D

If we agree that just because the majority says something doesn't make it right (in most cases, which can be mobocracy), why have we codified societal rulings on ethics and morals in our lives? — Copernicus

I’ll turn your comment around. It’s not majoritarian tyranny. It’s necessary social control to maintain societal equilibrium. That’s not to say it doesn’t squash people sometimes, but as a general matter, it’s inevitable and indispensable.

Unless you live alone on some remote island, you are part of a society. And for a society to function, most of its members must at least give their tacit approval to certain things.

Even when people are ruled by a tyrant, the majority often goes along with the tyrannical rule and does not resist—hence the tacit approval. Otherwise, the tyrant would be overthrown the very same day he came to power.

That’s not to say it doesn’t squash people sometimes — T Clark

That's what our system of squash courts are for: upholding morality.

Though, morality changes and shifts with time. It is not a decision made by a majority that “now we think like this”, but rather a defining set of values by a certain generation. A new generation will likely shift what is considered moral and as the older generation dies, the new generation morals start to become the norm.

pardon?

I think you're confusing ethics with laws.

I think you're confusing ethics with laws. (2)

I think you're confusing ethics with laws. (3)

I think you're confusing ethics with laws. (3) — Copernicus

Laws are formed out of the morals of the people. Laws are just the most extreme form of the consensus of morals. And if laws are based on morals that only half of the people hold, then it usually becomes the focus of that time's politics.

I think you're confusing ethics with laws. — Copernicus

Ethics and morality are just fancy words for social control.

Laws are one kind of social control, but not the only or most common one.

Where do we find morality? I know there are laws.