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Ethics
Ms. Vanessa Laura S. Arcilla
What is ethics?
Ethics comes from the Greek ethos which means
customs or habits.
O At its simplest, ethics is a system of moral principles
and is often referred to a moral philosophy.
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O To understand and
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What is ethics?
O Ethics is a branch of scientific study dealing with what
What is ethics?
As a major branch of philosophy, it deals with the issue
of the Good.
- What is the Good? What is meant by the Good?
O It encompasses right conduct and good life.
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What is ethics?
O Ethics is the study of human acts from a moral
perspective.
What is right or good in human conduct or character.
O Concept of ethical vs unethical
O ETHICAL: conforming to what is right in the moral sense
O UNETHICAL: unwilling to adhere to what is morally right
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What is ethics?
O Ethics is not limited to specific acts and defined moral
O Standardized code of
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O Formal object
O Moral vs Non-moral
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moral distinctions.
Ethics deal with the basic principles that serve as basis
for moral rules.
O Ethics attacks the basis of popular morality, purges it of
errors and inconsistencies, and places on a secure
footing all that is valid and essential in morality.
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Approaches to Ethics
Ethics asks questions like How should people act?
(Normative or prescriptive ethics), What do people think is
right? (Descriptive ethics), What does right even mean?
(Meta-ethics), and How do we take moral knowledge and put
it into practice? (Applied ethics).
O Nowadays, philosophers divide ethical theories into
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