4th Quarter Semi-finals Reviewer Flashcards
Lesson 1: The Moral Sense in Us
it is “native in all persons regardless of race, religion”, culture, education and creed.
Moral sense
• Thomas Aquinas (1225-
1274).
• He wrote 25 books
including Summa
Theologica and Summa
Contra Gentiles
The Synderesis of Man According to St. Thomas Aquinas
He wrote 25 books
including Summa
Theologica and Summa
Contra Gentiles
• Thomas Aquinas (1225-
1274).
The 3 Synderesis of Man According to St. Thomas Aquinas
1) Man is able to distinguish or to “know
what is good and what is bad.”
2) Man is always “obligated to do good and
avoid evil.”
3) Man knows that he is “accountable for
his actions good or bad.”
He is the “founding father
of Psychoanalysis”, which is
a major school of
Psychology.
Sigismund Schlomo Freud (1856-1938).
Freud’s Theory of the Id, Ego, and the Superego.
Freud’s Iceberg Model
Unconscious and Conscious
Conscious Mind - Ego
Unconscious Mind - Id
Conscious/ Unconscious Mind - Superego
He was born in Bronxville, New
York on October 25, 1927.
Lawrence Kohlberg
He is well known for his Theory of Moral Development.
Lawrence Kohlberg
6 Stages of Moral Development
- Avoid Punishment
- Self-interest
- Good Boy Attitude
- Law and Order Morality
- Social Contract
- Principle
2 Ethical Systems
- Atheistic Ethics
- Theistic Ethics
It assumes that only matter exists and man is responsible only to himself since there is no God who creates and rules the universe.
Atheistic Ethics
It assumes that God is the
Supreme Lawgiver. Everything
must conform to God’s eternal
plan of creation.
Theistic Ethics
Lesson 2: RELATIONSHIP OF ETHICS WITH OTHER SCIENCES
4 RELATIONSHIP OF ETHICS WITH OTHER SCIENCES
- Ethics and Logic
- Ethics and Psychology
- Ethics and Sociology
- Ethics and Economics
_________ is the study of correct
action or doing, while _______
studies the process of correct and
organized thinking.
ETHICS AND LOGIC
____________ studies how man
behaves, while _________ studies how man ought to behave.
Ethics and Psychology
__________ deals with the study of
the social order while _______ deals
with the study of moral order in
the society. There is no social
order if there is no moral order.
Ethics and Sociology
____________, as a science, deals
with the study of wages, labor,
production and distribution of
wealth. At the heart of these
relationships are moral norms
and moral rules.
Ethics and Economics
6 Relationship of ethics with
other phases of human life
- Ethics and Law
- Ethics and Religion
- Ethics and Professional Codes of Conduct
- Ethics and Etiquette
- Ethics and Education
- Ethics and Art
_______ are intended to regulate the external actions of man while
_________ investigates and probes
the internal disposition of man,
such as his motivations and
thoughts.
Ethics and Law
_______ generally refers to the
service and worship of God and is
typically expressed as a personal
or institutional set of beliefs,
attitudes, and practices.
Ethics and Religion
A ________ is a
set of behavioral guidelines that
members of a profession are
required by their association to
observe in the course of their
professional practice.
Ethics and Professional Codes of Conduct
The word ________ means rules
and conduct of behavior that are
supposed to be followed in
special situations and circumstances.
Ethics and Etiquette
__________ is defined as an
instruction or training by which
people learn to develop and use
their mental, moral and physical
powers and abilities.
Ethics and Education
______ is concerned with the use of
imagination to make things of
aesthetic significance. ______ is
aimed at conforming to an
accepted standard of good
behavior.
Ethics and Art
LESSON 3: NATURE OF HUMAN ACTS
are actions that proceed from the deliberate free will of man.
Human acts
refer to certain types of actions that are naturally exhibited by man and as such they are morally indifferent (or neutral) because we cannot judge them to be either ethical or unethical.
Acts of man
3 Categories of Acts of Man
- Good Acts
- Evil Acts
- Indifferent Acts
The concept of “voluntariness” is important in ethics because only voluntary acts have moral bearing.
The Voluntariness of the Human Acts