Ethics Flashcards
or moral philosophy can be provisionally described as the empirical study of moral decisions.
Ethics
derived from the Greek word “ethos” which may mean tradition, habit, character, or attitude.
Ethics
highest order of discipline
Ethics
2 divisions of ethics
Normative and Meta-ethics.
examine whether or not a particular act should or should not be carried out.
Normative Ethics
deals with moral ideas such as what human beings “must do or how human beings should be”.
Moral Philosophy
is a philosophy that discusses strong and basic moral issues linked to abortion.
Applied Ethics
refer to the guidelines we have on the types of acts that we find to be morally permissible and morally unacceptable.
Moral Standards
beyond what is good and not. It is discipline that relies on meaning. It is a science that is seeking to address non-moral questions about morality. Questions, Interpretation and justifications on moral statements.
Meta-Ethics
are basic guidelines regarding human acts.
Norms
Universal convictions as to what is acceptable, desirable, and beneficial or not.
Values
on the contrary, apply to laws which are not related to social or legal considerations.
Non-Moral Standards
is a written law passed by a legislative body as defined by Oxford English and Spanish Dictionary
(DOH)
Statute
implies modesty and a sense of what is becoming or is fitting for a person of good breeding
Decorum
are shaped by the beliefs of an individual. Values are the basis of the capacity of an individual to distinguish between right and wrong.
Morals
is a set of guidelines intended to help practitioners differentiate between right and wrong to guide their decision-making. Such rules, also referred to as the Code of Ethics.
Professional Code of Ethics
Kant’s definition of freedom is the right to control one’s actions based on _________ ___ _________
Reason, not Desire
When employees are not clear about what they are expected to do, they often adapt their tasks to personal interests instead of system-wide goals that often lead to problems.
Lack of Clarity VS Lack of Creativity
The conflict between the distribution of jobs and the organization of numerous activities generates a classic dilemma
Differentiation VS Integration
When the main tasks are not explicitly defined, the critical job will slip through gaps. In a similar manner, functions and activities can overlap, causing conflict, wasting time, and unintended duplication of responsibilities.
Gap VS Overlap
When individuals or groups are too independent, they are always isolated
Excessive Autonomy VS Excessive Independence
Humanity as an end itself of Kant pointed out that a human intrinsic worth does not depend on something else, it does not depend on whether a person loves his or her life or makes other people’s lives better. A human being live so he or she has value.
Humanity as an end in itself
defined culture as a concept that refers to a broad and diverse collection of often intangible areas of social life.
Cole
introduced culture as the collective knowledge and schemes generated by a group of people to perceive, view, convey, and react to the social realities around them.
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