ethics chapter 1 Flashcards
A discipline concerned with what is morally good and
evil, right and wrong
ETHICS
Derived from the Greek word ______ which may mean
tradition, habit, character, or attitude
ethos
Any scheme or philosophy of universal ideas or beliefs.
Ethics
Ethics is a________of the nature of human actions
concerned about the ________ and ________of the
act
systematics analysis, correctness, wrongness
*Ethics is also known as____________ which helps
to make decisions.
Moral philosophy
“practice’, rightness or wrongness of human action
MORALITY
Tells us what we ought to do and exhorts us to follow
the right way
morality
Practice of ethics
morality
Do good at all times!
NORMATIVE
It examines 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.” This also deals with
our moral obligation, the meaning of the
act, or the purpose of the act.
Moral
Philosophy
asking what is good?
metaethics
concerns human behavior in general, to address our
questions about the essence of human behavior.
NORMATIVE ETHICS
Seeks to set norms or standards that regulate right
and wrong or good and bad conduct.
Normative ethics
Questioning what is good
meta ethics
set of standards
Norms
Actual application of ethical or moral
theories for the purpose of deciding
which ethical or moral actions are
appropriate in a given situation.
Applied
ethics or
practical
ethics
Characteristics of normative ethics
Prescriptive, standards, evaluative
set of standards on specific profession
Applied ethics
, is a set of guidelines
intended to help practitioners differentiate between right
and wrong to guide their decision-making.
Professional Code of Ethics
discipline that relies on meaning. It is a science that is
seeking to address non-moral questions about
morality.
META-ETHICS
Uses critical thinking where they think what will
happened in the future.
metaethics (analytical)
Aims to understand the nature and dynamics of ethical
principles, and the way we learn and acquire moral
belief.
metaethics (descriptive)
Ethics is a ________- that allows us to say right from
wrong, good from the bad.
set
of rules
