Part 2 Flashcards
a set of personal or social standards for good or
bad behavior and character
principles concerning the distinction between
right and wrong or good and bad behavior
Morality
moral principles that govern a person’s behavior
or the conducting of an activity
is a branch of philosophy that studies the
difference between right and wrong
the philosophical discipline concerned with what
is morally good and bad and morally right and
wrong
Ethics
Having to do with principles of right and wrong
Conforming to accepted standards of behavior
Ethical
Not based on moral beliefs or not morally
acceptable
Not conforming to accepted standards of
behavior, breaking laws or rules
UnethicalUnethical
are the rules which people use to guide their
behavior and thinking
When an individual is dealing with, or capable of
distinguishing between right and wrong.
Moral
When an individual does not know the
difference between right and wrong.
Amoral
When an individual knows the difference
between right and wrong but does wrong
anyway.
Immoral
Sources of Morality
- Science
- Evolution
- Culture
- Politics
- Emotion
- Religion
- Non-natural or Supernatural
- Pluralism
– we can use the tools of science to
determine the most reliable paths to the moral
outcomes that we prefer.
- Science
– ethical systems, judgments, and
norms are products of various forms of
evolutionary selection.
- Evolution
– what is acceptable in one culture may
not be acceptable to other cultures.
- Culture
– power dynamics may affect or
influence the development of morality
- Politics
– emotional responses can condition us
into liking or disliking some things.
- Emotion
– norms that are connected to religion
that are supposed to govern behavior.
- Religion
– what is good is
transcendent in a way that makes it inaccessible
by ordinary experience.
- Non-natural or Supernatural