Introduction to Ethics

What is Ethics?
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ethic, by definition, is a set of moral principles. The word derives from the greek word ethos, which means characteristics spirit or attitudes of a community, people or system. Ethics is the art of human living Ethics is the scientific evolvement and demonstration of morality

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Ethics

deals with right and wrong and reflects ones morals.Your personal sense of ethics is, in short, your conscience Therefore ethics may be defined as the discipline that deals with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation

Values, Morals and Ethics How do they related?

Values
Values

are cultural standards that indicate the general good deemed desirable for organized social life. Values are what is considered good, desirable and proper or bad, undesirable and improper in a culture. Values are the assumptions of what is right and important for society.

FIVE HUMAN VALUES

Love Non violence

Right conduct Peace Trust

Principle types of values

Preference Value The expression of preference is the expression of some value we hold. Instrumental Value When something is valued instrumentally, that means we only value it as a means to achieve some other end which is, in turn, more important. Intrinsic Value Intrinsic value is valued purely for itself - it isn't used simply as a means to some other end and it isn't simply "preferred" above other possible options.

Morality
Morality

is concerned with good and evil.

Morality

is certain rules of social behaviour in every group which should and ought to be observed by its members. study of ethics is called moral philosophy

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Ethics
Ethics

involves learning what is right or wrong, and then doing the right. field of ethics involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behaviour. is the formal study of moral standards and conduct.

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Values, Morals and Ethics - How do they related?

Estimation

of relative importance of the "true things" are your VALUES. are a generalized feeling, based on your values, of what is 'right' and 'wrong'. arise when you try to codify your morals in concrete terms.

MORALS

ETHICS

How are ethics and law related?

Illegal & Ethical Legal & Ethical

Illegal & Unethical

Legal & Unethical

Subject areas of ethical theories

Metaethics Normative Applied

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Meta-ethics
Meta-ethics

is study of the origin and meaning of ethical concepts. Meta-ethics investigate where our ethical principles come from, and what they mean. Meta-ethics addresses questions focus on the issues of universal truths, the will of god, and the meaning of ethical terms.

Normative ethics
Normative

ethics examines standards for the rightness and wrongness of actions. Normative ethics arrive at moral standards that regulate right and wrong conduct. It is a search for an ideal test of proper behaviour.

Applied ethics
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the branch of ethics which consists of the analysis of specific, controversial moral issues. philosophical examination, from a moral standpoint, of particular issues in private and public life that are matters of moral judgment.

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