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. |