Much of the difference between Orthodoxy and the Latin Church comes down to phronema, which manifests itself in both praxis and dogma. On the other hand, certainly by today its fair to say that Orthodox Christianity is the major determinant of the Eastern Christian religious and secular mindset and likely to a greater extent than Latin Christianity is today the determinant of the Western religious and secular mindset.
The Latin Church is far more engaged in culture and politics, as is evident in the arena of medical ethics. But I agree that in terms of everyday guidance, the Catholic are scandalously disobedient. I blame the Reformation for that.
That is true, unless one considers Islam to be a (quasi-)Christian heresy.