ETHICS Flashcards

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branch of philosophy studies human acts and conduct

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ETHICS

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2
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ETHICS came from Greek word

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ETHOS

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3
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Ethos means?

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customs or morals

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4
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Its is a study of morality of human acts and moral gents

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ETHICS

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5
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3 BRANCHES OF ETHICS?

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METAETHICS
NORMATIVE ETHICS
APPLIED ETHICS

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6
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STUDY OTHE FOUNDATION OF MORALITY ITSELF

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METAETHICS

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BELIEVES THERE ARE “MORAL FACTS” SAME AS SCIENTIFIC FACTS

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MORAL REALISM

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8
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CAN ONLY BE TRUE OR FALSE

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MORAL REALISM

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There are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judge

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Moral absolutism

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10
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Moral Relativism has 2 components

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Descriptive cultural
Normative cultural

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11
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Moral belief differ from culture to culture

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Descriptive cultural

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12
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not beliefs but moral facts that differ from culture to culture

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Normative cultural

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Moral Proposition ‘Don’t refer to objective features’ No Moral Facts

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Moral Anti Realism

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Moral statements True or False but refer to peoples attitude rather than their Actions

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Moral Subjectivism

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Deals with norms or set of considerations on how should one act

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Normative ethics

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Focusing on rightness or wrongness of action by examining consequences

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Teleological

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Focusing on Rightness or wrongness of actions themselves without any considerations

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Deontological

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Consequentialist theory as moral right of wrong
-Dependent outcome of the actioN

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teleological

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Non consequential theory as moral right or wrong
Not dependent on the outcome of the action

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Deontological

20
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Not always possible to predict the consequences of an action

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Teleological

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Rigid and Objective

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Deontological

22
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Attempt to apply ethical principles and moral theories to real life moral issues

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Applied ethics

23
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Education whether formal or informal is a never-
ending process and is the foundation of man’s moral,

intellectual and physical capacities.

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Ethics and education

24
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not everything moral is legal
and not everything legal is moral. Meaning there are good things
that do not need legislation and immoral acts that the State may
approve. But to further differentiate them laws only used external
acts while ethics cover man’s “acts” that play in his mind that will not
incriminate him in any statute.

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Morality and law

25
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Man in his constant search for happiness be it
temporal or eternal is never ending. They say polics
and ethics are poles apart – in a certain point that is
correct it is the very reason why politics become dirty
for they deviate from ethics.

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Ethics and Politics

26
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Ethics is about positive morality while art is beauty. Any work of art
that is beautiful, will give a posive outlook to the looker that will be
greatly appreciated.

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Ethics and art

27
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Religion is ethics and ethics is religion, they are
interchangeable for the any religious belief
tends to ethical standards in relation to his
most fundamental tenet.

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Ethics and religion

28
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Goodness or badness of human actions guided by ethical Standards

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Morality

29
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action of men that are done willfully and willingly

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Human Acts