ETHICS CH1 Flashcards
is an individual’s ability to make moral judgements based on some notion of right and wrong and to held accountabke for these actions
moral agency
a person who can discern right from wrong and to be hel accountable for his/her own actions
moral agent
refers to the outlook, attitude, vakues, goals, and practices shared by a group, organization, or society
culture
kinds of culture
- individual culture
- organizational culture
- structural culture
is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society
culture
types of culture
- material
- formal
refers to all the physical and tangible objects
material
points to all the abstract and immaterial element
formal
things that stand for something else
symbols
refers to the understanding or belief that everything should be judged only according to one’s own respective culture
cultural relativism
two distinct of human excellences
- excellence of thought
- excellence of character
Kohlberg’s stages of moral development
Pre-conventional
1. Obedience and punishment orientation
2. Relativist Orientation
Conventional Orientation
3. Good boy/Nice girl orientation
4. Law and order orientation
Post-conventional
6. Social Contract Orientation
7. Universal Ethical Principle Orientation
means primarily, to price, to esteem, to appraise, to estimate
value
are the virtues that guide us to take into account human element when one interacts with one other human being
human values
cardinal virtues
- fortitude
- justice
- prudenc3
- temperance