ETHICS Flashcards
branch of philosophy studies human acts and conduct
ETHICS
ETHICS came from Greek word
ETHOS
Ethos means?
customs or morals
Its is a study of morality of human acts and moral gents
ETHICS
3 BRANCHES OF ETHICS?
METAETHICS
NORMATIVE ETHICS
APPLIED ETHICS
STUDY OTHE FOUNDATION OF MORALITY ITSELF
METAETHICS
BELIEVES THERE ARE “MORAL FACTS” SAME AS SCIENTIFIC FACTS
MORAL REALISM
CAN ONLY BE TRUE OR FALSE
MORAL REALISM
There are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judge
Moral absolutism
Moral Relativism has 2 components
Descriptive cultural
Normative cultural
Moral belief differ from culture to culture
Descriptive cultural
not beliefs but moral facts that differ from culture to culture
Normative cultural
Moral Proposition ‘Don’t refer to objective features’ No Moral Facts
Moral Anti Realism
Moral statements True or False but refer to peoples attitude rather than their Actions
Moral Subjectivism
Deals with norms or set of considerations on how should one act
Normative ethics