Unit 1 (Ethics and It's Key Concepts)

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System of beliefs about what is right behavior and wrong behavior
Morality
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Morality is the effort to guide one's conduct by reason (who)
Dr. James Rachel
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Is the philosophy of life and that it delves into the deepest why's and wherefore of human existence, men's actions, problems and destiny (and who mentioned this)
Ethics (Montemayor in his book on Ethics 1994)
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What is the relevance of studying ethics in your chosen profession?
It is because ethics give a sense of justification in one's judgement, and helps ensure that decisions at work are not made based on purely "subjective" factors
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Who proclaimed ethics as a supreme science, the highest in the heirarchy of human values, as it is ethics that is concerned with the attainment of life's greatest good and goal? (who mentioned this?)
Plato (Montemayor 1994)
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What is life's greatest good and goal?
Happiness
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Ethics is the practical science of human thoughts (True or False)
False:
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Ethics is the science of human acts with reference to what is right or wrong (True or False)
True
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Ethics is the scientific inquiry into the principles of justice (True or False)
False:
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Ethics is the study of rectitude of human conduct (True or False)
True
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Ethics is the human conduct from the standpoint of morality (True or False)
True
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Ethics is the science which lays down the principles of right living (True or False)
True
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Ethics is the practical science that controls us in our actions that we may live rightly and well (True or False)
False:
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Ethics is a _________ and practical science, based on reason, which studies human conduct and provides norm for it's natural integrity and honesty
Normative
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According to him, ethics is the investigation of life
Socrates
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Systematic study or a system of scientific conclusions clearly demonstrated, derived from clearly established principles and duly coordinated
Science
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The quality of human acts as right, wrong, or indifferent, moral or immoral
Morality
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Acts done with knowledge, freedom and free will or consent
Human Acts
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Acts done without knowledge, or something that occurs naturally in human beings
Acts of Man
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What is the primary objective of education?
Moral development of the will
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A statement that tells you what is or what is not allowed in a particular situation
Rule
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Rules and it's importance to social beings
1. Protect social being by regulating behavior 2. help guarantee each person certain right and freedom 3. produce a sense of justice among social beings 4. Essential for a healthy economic system
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Code of what is right or wrong without reference to specific behavior or belief (Who said this?)
Moral Standard (O'Connor Lynn, 1997)
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Moral Standards and their characteristics (Velazquez 2012)
1. Involved behaviors that seriously affect other people's well-being. 2.Take a more important consideration than others standards including self-interest 3.Do not depend on any external authority but in how the person perceives the reasonableness of the action 4.Believed to be universal 5.Based on objectivity 6.Associated with vocabulary that depicts emotion or feelings
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Refer to standards by we judge what is good or bad and right or wrong in a non-moral way
Non-moral standards
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What are the 7 rules of life?
1. Let it go 2.Ignore them 3.Give it Time 4.Don't Compare 5.Stay Calm 6.It's on you 7.Smile
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Clear, simple statement of how an organization plans to handle it's services, actions, or business. Rules to help in decision making
Policy
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A rule created and enforced by the government and its agencies to maintain order, resolve disputes, and protect a person's liberty and rights
Law
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Set of rules on how an individual should responsibly behave in the society
Etiquette
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Rule that is to be strictly observed because it was said to be set by a divine entity
Commandment
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4 Types of Rules
1.Etiquette 2.Policy 3.Law 4.Commandment
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A situation which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives especially undesirable ones
Dilemma
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There is only one action you can do (Moral Dilemma or not)
Not
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There is moral reasons for doing such actions (Moral dilemma or not)
Moral Dilemma
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You can do every possible action presented to you (Moral Dilemma or not)
Not
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What are the Three Levels of Moral Dilemma?
1.Personal Dilemma 2.Organizational Dilemma 3.Structural Dilemma
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Dilemma that is experienced and resolved on the personal level. Most dilemma fall down to this level
Personal dilemma
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Refer to ethical cases encountered and resolved by a social organization
Organizational dilemma
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Refer to cases involving network of institutions and operative theoretical paradigms
Structural dillemas
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Who said that we are "rational animals?"
Aristotle
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Your thought or behavior guided by, and displays high moral standards
Virtue
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"A human person is a being" (Who said this?)
Aristotle
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"it is a gift given to us by god" (Pertaining to freedom, who said this?"
Gabriel Marcel
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"The human person as a moral agent must exercise practical rationality in order to determine how to pursue his or her ultimate end" (Who said this?)
Aristotle
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What is "telos"?
Ultimate end
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"The human person is absolutely free" and "You are free" (Who said this?)
Jean Paul Sartre
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Who advocated that a person can and should choose to act, but his or her actions should be that which would result in harmony?
Lao Tzu
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