Ethics

Question 1

What is Ethics

Answer 1

Ethics is the science of the morality of human acts, mainly referred to as the philosophy of Morality.

Ethics can also be defined as a process or systematic approach of understanding, analaysing and differentiating between what is right or wrong and what is good or bad.

Question 2

Define the coded of conduct or coded of ethics.

Answer 2

They are a set of values, rules standards and principles outlining the type of behaviour that emplouers expect from employees in an organisation.

Question 3

Companies tend to publish their code of Ethics, what do they tend to focus on. (3)

Answer 3

Behavious
Values
Ethics

Question 4

What do the published code of conduct of companies highlight? (3)

Answer 4

Company values
Behaviour
External Practices

Question 5

Why teach ethics? (6)

Answer 5

To prevent unethical business practices, both intentional and unintentional
▪ Evaluate and define our values and principles – actions, choices, decisions
▪ How to conduct ourselves at work or business
▪ Clarity on moral requirements
▪ Guide us in tempting situations
▪ To be always on the safe side

Question 6

List the key differences between law and ethics

Answer 6

Definition
Rules
Creation
Existence
Punishment
Objectives
Bind

Question 7

For a key difference between law and ethics
Describe Definition

Answer 7

The Law is defined as the systematic body of rules that governs the
whole society and the actions of its individual members but Ethics is the science
of an acceptable human conduct or behaviour.

Question 8

For a key difference between law and ethics
Describe Rules

Answer 8

The Law consists of a set of written rules and regulations but Ethics
comprises of guidelines and principles of how people should behave.

Question 9

For a key difference between law and ethics
Describe Creation

Answer 9

The Law is created by different levels of government but Ethics are
governed by an individual, legal or professional conduct.

Question 10

For a key difference between law and ethics
Describe Existence

Answer 10

The Law is expressed in the constitution in a written form. As
opposed to ethics, it cannot be found in writing form.

Question 11

For a key difference between law and ethics
Describe Punishment

Answer 11

The breach of Law may result in punishment or penalty, or both
which is not in the case of breach of Ethics.

Question 12

For a key difference between law and ethics
Describe Objectives

Answer 12

The objective of the Law is to maintain social order and peace
within the nation and protection to all the citizens but Ethics help a person to
decide between what is right or wrong and how to act

Question 13

For a key difference between law and ethics
Describe Bind

Answer 13

The Law creates a legal binding, but Ethics has no such binding

Question 14

Ethics can be defined in terms of five constructs, list them

Answer 14

Rights
Obligations
Benefits to society
Fairness
Specific virtues

Question 15

List the four main types of Ethics that are theoretically recognised

Answer 15

Meta-Ethics
Descriptive
Normative
Applied ethics

Question 16

Normative ethics distinguishes between three types of normative ethical theories, list them.

Answer 16

Virtue ethics
Deontology
Consequentialist or teleological ethics

Question 17

Describe Meta-Ethics

Answer 17

Meta-Ethics can be desscribed as
the phylosophical study of the nature, scope, and meaning of moral judgment

Question 18

Decribe Normative Ethics

Answer 18

Normative or Prescriptive ethics is the study of ethical action, typically based on what
is morally right and wrong. T

Question 19

Describe Utilitarianism

Answer 19

Normative or Prescriptive ethics is the study of ethical action, typically based on what
is morally right and wrong. T

Question 20

Descirbe Kanianism

Answer 20

Requires us to embrace principles that demand fairness and consistency in our
actions.

Question 21

Describe Contractarianism

Answer 21

Requires us to see the moral principles as those that we collectively agree upon
as group of people or organisations.

Question 22

Describe Virue ethics

Answer 22

Virtue ethics is associated with the role character rather than the action in which people
conduct themselves as well as the virtue of moral phylosophy.

Question 23

List 4 things that virue ethics teaches us?

Answer 23

▪ An action is only right if it is an action that a virtuous person would carry out in
the same circumstances.
▪ A virtuous person is a person who acts virtuously.
▪ A person acts virtuously if they “possess and live the virtues”.
▪ A virtue is a moral characteristic that a person needs to live well.

Question 24

List 4 examples of virtue ethics

Answer 24

Justice
Fidelity
Prudence
Self-care

Question 25

Describe Deontology Ethics

Answer 25

The expression deontology was derives from the Greek words which has meaning of
duty (deon) and science (or study) of (logos). The deontology ethics phylosophy is
mainly concerned with the relationship between the duty and the morality of human
actions

Question 26

Describe Teleological Ethics

Answer 26

Teleological Ethics, also known as consequentialism or consequential ethics, states
that the right or wrong thing depend on the consequences of an act, and that the more
good consequences are produced, the better the act.

Question 27

List the three components of utilitaranisainism under consequentialism

Answer 27

▪ This determines whether an action is right or wrong based on its consequences.
▪ The value of the consequences of an action is assessed in terms of the amount
of happiness or well-being caused.
▪ In assessing the total happiness caused to a number of people, equal amounts
of happiness are to have equal value, no one person’s happiness having
greater value that another’s.

Question 28

A study believed that the quantity and quality of happiness can bemeasured in factors such as:

Answer 28

▪ Intensity
▪ Duration
▪ Certainty. – a probability of happiness or suffering taking place
▪ Volume – a number of involved individuals
▪ Time – whether happiness or suffering will happen now or in the future
▪ Future consequences – whether the particular activity bring benefit also in the
future
▪ Purity – whether the outcome delivers solely benefit or does it bring also
suffering?

Question 29

List the 9 ethical ideologies and briefly explain them.

Answer 29

▪ Egoism – Best action/decision is one that maximizes good for oneself.
▪ Hedonism – Best action/decision is one that will maximize pleasure. People
should maximise human pleasure. You are, or should be, the motivation for all
of our actions.
▪ Intellectualism – Best action/decision is one that best promotes knowledge.
▪ Libertarianism – Liberty should be maximised.
▪ Welfarism – Best action/decision is one that best increases economic wellbeing.
▪ Situation Ethics – Best action/decision is one that results in the most love.
▪ Asceticism – Abstinence from egoistic pleasures to achieve spiritual goal is
right action.
▪ Altruism – To live for others and not caring for self is right action.

Question 30

Describe descriptive Ethics

Answer 30

Descriptive Ethics, also referred to as Comparative Ethics, is one aspect that is
concerned with what people are made to believe as the right or wrong conduct, based
on moral attitudes and the moral norms and practices of societies.

Question 31

Describe Applied Ethics

Answer 31

Applied Ethics is a component of moral philosophy of ethics that is maily devoted to
the treatment of moral problems, practices, and policies in personal life, professions,
technology, and government.

Question 32

DQ buys a pizza for a study group 8 slices, she doesnt want it

Answer 32

a.) Moral conduct
b) Nom=rmative
c Altruism

Question 33

DQ, sick friend, exceeping speed limit, which topic of ehtics describes your act

Answer 33

e) Teleology

Question 34

DQ, which of the normative ethics, descerives share of profits company

Answer 34

b) Kantianism

Question 35

DQ, women jobs,

Answer 35

d) APplied ethics

Question 36

DQ lying by ommision protectiving privacy

Answer 36

a) APplied ethics

Question 37

Opinion of majorit

Answer 37

a)

Question 38

nog virtue thics

Answer 38

bing brave