Module I Ethics

Ethics

is about matters such as good thing that we should pursue and the bad thing that we should avoid; the right ways in which we could or should act and the wrong ways of acting.

Ethics

it is about what is acceptable and unacceptable in human behavior. It may involve obligations that we are expected to fulfill, prohibitions that we are required to respect, or ideals that we are encouraged to meet

Ethics

as a subject for us to study is about determining the grounds or bases for a specific set of values with particular and special significance to human life.

Ethics

Principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of the person, society, and in interaction with the environment and other shared resources.

Morality

pertains to the standards of right and wrong that an individual originally picks up from the community

Cris Anthony Mendez

A 20-year-old student of UP was rushed to the hospital in the early and dead the next morning

When did the “Hazing” happen?

In August 2007

Sigma Rho

The fraternity that Cris was involved with

Aesthetics

refers to the judgements of personal approval or disapproval that we make about what we see, hear, smell or taste

Aesthesis

Greek word that means sense or feeling

Techniques or Technical

are often use as a proper way (or right thing to do)

Techne

Greek word which means right thing to do

Technical valuation

right or wrong things to do

Etiquette

Which concerns on the right or wrong actions that we maintained in the society we belong

Amoral

used to describe those situations or contexts that are neither right or wrong morally speaking but fall outside the domain of ethics,

Moral judgement or moral reasoning

suggests a more rational dimension at work.

Morals

May be used to refer a specific beliefs or attitudes that people have or to describe acts that people perform.

Professional Ethics

legal ethics for the proper comportment of lawyers and other people in the legal profession, medical ethics for doctors and nurses, and media ethics for writers and reporters

Descriptive study of ethics

reports how people, particularly groups, make their moral valuations

Normative study of ethics

is often done in moral philosophy or moral theology, engages the question: what could or should be considered as right way of acting?

Moral issue

A situation that calls for moral valuation

Moral decision

When one is placed in a situation and confronted by the choice of what act to perform

Moral judgement

When a person is an observer making an assessment on the actions or behavior of someone

Moral dilemma

The more complicated is that when a person will decide between choosing one of two goods or choosing between the lesser of two evils

Moral theory

is a systematic attempt to establish the validity of maintaining certain moral principles.

Framework

As a theory of interconnected ideas, and at the same time, a structure through which we can evaluate our reasons for valuing a certain decision or judgement

The Apology of Socrates

Written by Plato, Socrates make the claim that it is the greatest good for a person to spend time thinking about and discussing with others these questions on goodness and virtue, that this is indeed at the heart of what it means to be truly human.

Positive Law

refers to all the different rules and regulations that are posited or put forward by an authority figure which requires one’s compliance.

Divine command theory

It expresses a claim that many people of a religious sensibility find appealing and immediately valid; the idea that one is obliged to obey her God in all things.

Cultural Relativism

ethically acceptable or unacceptable is relative to, or that is to say, dependent on one’s culture

Subjectivism

It is the recognition that the individual thinking person (the subject) is at the heart of all moral valuations.

Psychological Egoism

A theory that tries to describes the underlying dynamic behind all human actions as a matter of a pursuit to of self-interests.

Ethical Egoism

prescribes that we should make our own ends, our own interest as our single overriding concern. We may act in a way that is beneficial to others, but we should do that only it is ultimately benefits us