Science of Ethics Flashcards
Any reasonable person who disregard the PROBLEM is ___ and ____
foolish and unrealistic
5 classifications and differentiation of men/women
race, religion, age, nationality, and professions
ANSWER to the questions pertaining to THE LAST OF MAN AND MEANING OF HIS/HER LIFE
Ethics
“Ethics” = (Gk. Ethos) = ______/_____
custom or particular behavior
TO KNOW the PURPOSE of his/her EXISTENCE and CONSEQUENCE of his/her ACTIONS as a whole.
greatest accomplishment
bound to man’s actions, and through Ethics that we learn when and why our actions are good or bad, right or wrong with regard to the ultimate end.
Attainment of this END
Greek word for Ethics
Ethos
whatever his/her concern (thoughts and action) contain an ________
ULTIMATE PURPOSE
subject-matter of the science of Ethics’ investigation
Human acts
“Moral” = (lat. Mos/moris) = _____
custom
In traditional ethics, it means a more or less PERMANENT moral behavior in accordance w/ the precepts of the NATURAL MORAL LAW (universal to all men)
custom
Do ethics and moral have identical meaning?
Yes ;)
Example of CUSTOMS (4)
- Telling truth
- Paying debts
- Honoring one’s parents
- Respecting life and property of others.
the rectitude of his actions . Natural light of human reason
Right conducts of man
Latin word for Moral
Mos/Moris
in ethics, principles of right conduct as applied to men of all times.
Anthropology
Study of MORAL BEHAVIOUR of CONDUCT of man as viewed from ULTIMATE principles in so far as these principles are known by HUMAN REASON
Ethics
Material Object of Ethics
Human acts
Formal Object of Ethics
Right conducts of man
as a philosophical science, it deals with the MORALITY of HUMAN ACTS
Ethics
in other sciences, is the science of correct thinking
Logic