ETHICS Flashcards
6 ETHICS OF LIFE
BEFORE U PRAY - BELIEVE BEFORE U SPEAK - LISTEN BEFORE U SPEND - EARN BEFORE U WRITE - THINK BEFORE U QUIT - TRY BEFORE U DIE - LIVE
Theoretical prescriptions/critiques
• The nature of the good
• The nature of human person
• Criteria of judgment
ETHICS
Based on the principles practiced by a particular community • Fundamental convictions of human agent • Character or moral agent • Use of norms • Situational analysis
MORALITY
Morality is relative to the norms of a particular culture
ETHICAL RELATIVISM
It acknowledges societal diversity, that every society has a unique moral design and culture
Ethical Relativism
The challenge to each society is the __________ of its cultural uniqueness and acknowledgement of cultural differences
preservation
A philosophical approach or movement that began in 1870s
Ethical Pragmatism
Considered as America’s most distinctive and major contribution to the field of philosophy
Ethical
Pragmatism
Considered as America’s most distinctive and major contribution to the field of philosophy
Ethical
Pragmatism
Can be applied in the medical context in terms of decision making and moral reasoning
ETHICAL PRAGMATISM
A theory on knowledge, truth, and meaning rather than morality
ETHICAL PRAGMATISM
Founded by two English Philosophers Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
ETHICAL UTLITARIANISM
The rightness and wrongness of actions is determined by their consequences
ETHICAL UTILITARIANISM
Considered illegal in the Philippines. Article II, Section 12 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution states that The state recognizes the sanctity of life and shall protect and strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social institution. It shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception
ABORTION
Can be direct, induced or even caused by natural causes by natural cases or accidents
ABORTION
abortion is the ultimate violation of life for it is the act of killing an individual that is not yet able to speak for himself or herself
BELIEF OF ANTI-ABORTION GROUPS
they believe that pregnant women, especially victims of rape, should be given the chance to decide for
themselves
PRO-ABORTION GROUP
• Practice of ending of
life intentionally
EUTHANASIA
He describes euthanasia as the process of inducing
the painless death of a person who is severely
debilitated for reasons assumed to be merciful.
Herbert Hendin(2004)
- individual gives consent to subject
himself or herself to a painless death
VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA
conducted when the permission of the
patient to perform the process is
unavailable (Decision is on behalf)
NON-VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA
individual does not give his or her consent
INVOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA
Involves genetic manipulations
that are perceived to be against
moral standards set by the
society.
GENETIC ENGINEERING
Humans are seen too be acting As their own “Gods” because of the procedures that enable them to manipulate the genetic make up of organisms.
GENETIC ENGINEERING
