Conventions are consensual and vary culturally, whereas morality concerns harm and rights

Evidence

An especially important issue in the self-monitoring of behavior concerns the types of activities that get assigned to the moral domain. Social convention is traditionally distinguished from morality (Turiel, 1983). Conventions encompass social rules of acceptable conduct established by consensus in a given group. Conventional standards vary across time, place, and cultural milieu. Morality encompasses behavior that can be physically and psychologically injurious, behavior that inflicts harm on others, degrades them, and violates their human rights. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 214

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Defines the convention-vs-morality distinction: conventions are consensus-based and culturally variable, morality is about harm and rights.