ETHICS PERSPECTIVES

Comparison of Perspectives on Ethics

Author / Perspective

Definition / View of Ethics

Keyword / Focus

Jovitov Nrino

Ethics is an inquiry into a standard to guide actions and a tool to understand situations.

Guide / Standard

Ruben A. Brenda

A branch of philosophy dealing with moral standards, asking about the rightness or wrongness of behavior and the goodness or badness of character/traits.

Morality / Standards

Ruben A.

The study of the morality of human acts and agents; explains what makes an act obligatory and a person accountable.

Accountability

Robert Monuia

A reflective and objective analysis of human acts in relation to man’s ultimate end; serves as the basis for determining right and wrong, aiming for the perfection of man and the universe.

Perfection / Ultimate End

Critical Theory

Ethics has a normative goal: the emancipation of the oppressed, abolishing social injustice, and enabling humans to create and recreate themselves (liberation).

Justice / Liberation

Paolo Bouios (Education)

Being truly educated means having a moral duty to live politically and critically, not conformist. Ethics is the capacity to be critical and recognize when something is morally wrong.

Education / Critical Thinking

Rum. Glenn

Ethics is the practical science of morality concerning human conduct.

Practical Morality

Nisco Rodriguez

Ethics considers what is truly worthy of a human being.