System of Ethics

PANCASILA AS THE SYSTEM OF ETHICS

Group members:
Havid Wahyu
Fajar Setio
Fajar Muhammad
Jagad Surya
 Table of Contents

Chapter I Introduction
1. Backgrounds……………………………………………………….1
2. Purpose of writing………………………………………………….2

Chapter II Discussion
1. Definition of ethics……………………………………………….3
2. Pancasila as Ethics system……………………………………….4
3. Definition of values, norms, and morals…………………………4
4. Relation between values, norms, and morals…………………….5

Chapter III Final

1. Knot…………………………………………………………….6
2. Advices…………………………………………………………6
 Chapter I Introduction

1. Backgrounds
Pancasila as planned by Ir. Soekarno was becoming the basis of all ideological from the
beginning in Indonesia. Unlike the other ideology, Pancasila has the ability to develop,
according to the dimensions of flexibility it has. Pancasila ideology which is not an absolute
and rigid. Moreover, Pancasila values taken directly from the values and culture that is owned
by the people of Indonesia, so that is value can be adjusted.
Pancasila has five basic values that are used to give guidance in organizing the state.
Because it only has five basic values, the interpretation of each of the precepts can be adjusted
to cope with diverse problems. Pancasila ideology can become actual. Pancasila is a political
ideology which is used as guidance for the life of nation as the central issue discussed five
countries, namely: a position of trust in national life, the place of humanity in sebuh countries,
for whom the state was founded, the sovereignty of a country, and objectives of the
establishment of a state.
Pancasila really appreciate the freedom and diversity. This is evidenced through the
precepts "a just and civilized humanity", the right of every human being has the same degree
recognized in Pancasila. Even the appearance of Pancasila was also against the backdrop of
pluralism in Indonesia.

2. Purpose of writing
1) For complete the assignment thet given by the lecture
2) To give an information about Pancasila as the system of ethics
3) To provide a view of how to apply Pancasila in our daily lives, especially in terms of
ethics
 Chapter II Discussion

1. Definition of Ethics
Ethics according to expert is:
Drs. O.P. Simorangkir said that ethics is a human view to do a good behaviours."

Drs. H. Burhanudin Salam said that ethics is a philosophy that talk about values and moral
norms that decide our human behaviour.”

From text above we know that ethics is a branch of philosophy that involved systematizing,
dehfending, and recommending concepts of right or wrong. The word ethics derives from
ancient greek “Ethicos” that means habit. Ethics also known as morsl principles that govern a
person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity, the branch of knowledge that deals with
morals.
Ethics devided into three groups:
1) Meta-ethics, concerning the theorical meaning and reference of moral proposition, and
how their truth values can be determined.
2) Normative-ethics, concerning the practical means of determining a moral course
action.
3) Applied ethics, concerning what a person is obligated to do in a specific situation or a
particular domain action.

2. Pancasila as the system of ethics

Political ethics in Indonesia in the implementation of Pancasila Indonesia certainly have
some contrain, namely:
1) The ethical politics stuck into an ideology of its own. When someone criticizes an
ideology, he will surely be looking for weaknesses and shortcomings, either
conceptually or Praxis. To appear a political ethics into the belief that the only way that
is effective and efficient in criticizing ideology, so the political ethics become an
ideology unto itself.
 2) Pancasila is a system of philosophy which is more complete than the political ethics of
Pancasila, so any criticism addressed to political ethics by Pancasila, Pancasila is
unlikely to depart from the Pancasila it because of criticism it would not have led to
anything.

3. Definition of values, norms, and morals

Values are the rules by which we make decisions about right and wrong, should and
shouldn't, good and bad. They also tell us which are more or less important, which is useful
when we have to trade off meeting one value over another.

Morals have a greater social element to values and tend to have a very broad acceptance.
Morals are far more about good and bad than other values. We thus judge others more strongly
on morals than values. A person can be described as immoral, yet there is no word for them
not following values.

Norms are ways of behaving that are considered normal in a particular society.

4. Realtion between of values, norms, and morals

Norms,values and morals are a few basis which have been laid down to confine the
definitions of right behaviour. To some extent, right and wrong are based on perceptions. As
something that may feel right to one may feel wrong to another person. These norms, values
and morals makes the judgement of right and wrong easier by setting few fixed guidelines.
Attitude is formed by a person's behavioural and thinking patterns and what ethics,values and
morals mean to him and what principles he lives his life by.
 Chapter III Final

1. Knot
In the light of the idea of public reason, Pancasila is the overlapping consensus
uponwhich the Indonesian rule of law and the Indonesian politics are based. It is itself not
acomprehensive morality, but the principles the existing moral sources of Indonesia allagree
upon. Procedural as it may be, from Pancasila as the vantage point, we can yardstick a particular
political conduct, to see if it is ethically acceptable or not.

2. Advice
However, it does not mean the political ethics of Pancasila was unable to become a tool
or a way of studying a Pancasila. The first constraint can be overcome by opening wide the
doors of Pancasila against political ethics critique and correction from anywhere, so he doesn’t
get caught up in that circle. The second constraint can be overcome by showing criticism to
level practical Pancasila was first, and then gradually trace to a more general understanding of
the ontology to the Pancasila principles of moral norms.

Social
justice

Democracy

Unity of Indonesia

Just and civilized

humanity

Believe in god
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