What is Ethics? Flashcards
Ethics was taken from the Greek word
ethos
ethos means
customs, usage, characteristic
The word ethics itself is also derived from another
Greek work
Ethike
Ethike means
Morals
From the beginnings of Ancient Greece, city states were established, and ______were created to organize society.
legal codes
These early legal codes _____ in which society should operate.
outlined the ways
two (2) schools of thoughts within the
Ethics of Ancient Greece.
Sophist and Absolutist
difference of sophist and absolutist
Sophists: Believed human nature and morality differ from society to society, and there are no universal moral truths
Plato: Supported an absolutist moral framework, believing morality is universal and absolute
“differ from society to society”
“no universal moral truths”
sophist (pre-socratic era)
is a mental-set, disposition or values.
Ethics
ethics as a science
it deals with the morality
(rightness or wrongness) of the human act.
ethics as a discipline
it is meant for the exercise of
human conduct, both ethical and
unethical.
ethics as a philosophical study
it guides the
intellect in discerning concrete human
conduct.
importance of ethics
shaping the individual behaviors
within a society
Act as a self-governing system to keep human self-interest and the good of society at equilibrium because the eyes of the law are not always available
Society might fall into chaos if we accept that each of us could pick and choose what the right thing to do is.
a person from the very fact of existence,
regardless of age, skills, or functions
performed
human being
is a conscious and free exercise of one’s
faculties, therefore, conscious and free.
human act
These are actions that require a person to
make a choice, use utmost responsibility,
and use his/her conscience.
human act
human acts could either be
good or bad
resides in the intellect and the
mindfulness of what the moral agent is
doing.
knowledge
quality of the freewill by which
one can choose between one or more
alternatives.
freedom
quality of human act
whereby any commission or omission of an act is a result of the knowledge which an agent has of the end.
Voluntariness
Is an act beyond the control of one’s will.
act of human
These are processes that do not require a
decision-making action from a person. They happen naturally in the body, without a person’s being conscious about them.
act of human
Acts of Human is neither
right or wrong.
The very substance of the act
“What was performed by the agent?”
The Object of the Act
Purpose for which a human agent does the act.
“What specifically does the agent want?”
Motive of the Agent
the intended object of the act
what (the circumstances)
personal intention of the agent
why (the circumstances)
tools or procedure used
by what means (the circumstances)
modes of doing the act
how (the circumstances)
the time the act was performed
when (the circumstances)
the spatial setting where the act is
done
where (the circumstances)
the person who does/receive
who (the circumstances)
HUMAN ACT can be classified:
good action
bad action
ACT OF MAN is considered as:
AMORAL or INDEFERRENT ACTION
