Kennet

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ulBSA-
2

1.ACCORDI
NGTOTHEAUTHOR,
WHATI
SHI
SBOOKTRYI
NGTOADDRESS?

 Accordingtotheaut horheaddressthef undament al

sofet hicsasageneral
valuesli
keasaut onomy ,nonmalefi
cence,beneficence,f
airness, andveraci
ty
arepresentedasgui danceintheprinci
plesmet hod.Professionaldevelopment
entail
slearni
ngtointerprettheappl
icati
onoft heseconcept si nthesameway
thatone'speersdo.

Ethicshasbeendef i
nedinavari
etyofways:forsome,iti
st heabil
it
yto
di
sti
nguishbetweenrightandwrongacti
ons;f
orothers,
itistheabili
tyto
di
sti
nguishbetweenwhati smor
allygoodandwhati smorall
ybad; andfor
ot
hers,i
tistheabil
it
ytodev i
set
hepr i
nci
plesbywhichtolivealif
ewor thli
vi
ng.

2.WHI
CHSHOULDCOMEFI
RST,
THEORYORACTI
ON?

 Ithi
nkactioni
sfirstandtheorygotextract
edfrom it
.Theoryandaction
areactual
lytwoparal
lelprocesseshavingasy mbi
oticrel
ati
onship.Butt
heory
comesf i
rstaft
eracti
onbecausei ti
sther esear
chwhi chi
sdonebef oreandthe
fi
ndingsareusedtoformul at
etheory.

Thetheor
eticalfoundati
oni sbasedont hetopi
c'stheor
y.I
fat heor
eti
cal
foundat
ionforthet opi
ccannotbei denti
fi
ed,t
hetopic'
sbackgroundshoul
dbe
descri
bedandat heoryshouldbedev el
oped.I
tssubstanceandscopeare
determi
nedbyt hemet hodologyempl oyedandtheamounttowhi chthe
phenomenonhasbeeni nvestigated.

3.WHYI
SINQUI
RYANI
MPORTANTASPECTI
NONE'
SSEARCHFORHAPPI
NESS?

 Thereasonwhyi nqui r
yisimpor tanti
nsear chforhappinessisbecause
happinessissomet hingt hateveryoneaspirest o.Notonl yabri
efdeli
ght,buta
l
ast i
ngcont ent
mentl ong-term happiness.
Whi let her
earenumer ousli
ttl
e
factorsthatcontri
butetohappi ness,people'slong- t
erm happi
nessismost ly
determinedbyt hei
rinternalsenseofpur poseandmeani ngindoingwhatt hey
enjoy.Theyenjoysociali
zingwitht hepeoplet heyl oveandcareabout.

Moralgreat
nessi sai
dedbyvir
tuousbehavior
.Apleasantexi
stencecanbe
enhancedbymor algr
eat
ness.Asaresult
,li
vi
ngahappyl i
fenecessit
atesbeing
amor alper
son.Possessingthedi
sposit
ionstendenci
estomaket hecorrect
deci
sionattherightmomentandi nther
ightwayleadstohappiness.

4.WHATMAKESETHI
CSANECESSARYACADEMI
CDI
SCI
PLI
NE?

 Thestudyanddev elopmentofone'sethicali
deal
sisr
eferr
edt oasethicsit
’s
i
mpor t
anttokeepaney eonone'sstandar
dst omakesurethey'
reacceptable
andwell-
founded.Becauseethi
csent ai
lstherati
onal
eandexplanati
onofan
i
ndiv
idual'
sactions,
iti
sav it
alacademi cf
ield.
 Ethi
csarewel lf
oundedst andardsthatmaket heacti
onsri
ghtandwrong.i
t
helpscat
egor i
zediff
erentvaluessuchasi nt
egri
tydisci
pli
neandhonesty
amongot hersandappl yt
hem i ndail
yli
ves.ethi
csinfl
uencesbehav
iorand
al
lowsani ndiv
idualtomaket herightchoi
ces.

5.HOW WOULDYOUDESCRI
BETHECLOSERELATI
ONSHI
PBETWEENPHI
LOSOPHYAND
ETHI
CS?

 Phil
osophyisastudyoftheunderl
yi
ngnatur
eofknowledge,r
eali
ty,
and
existence,
especial
lywhentr
eatedasanacademicfi
eld.Ethi
csaremoralrul
es
thatahumanmi ghtfol
lowi
nor dert
oli
veali
fethati
supt omoralst
andards.

Aphilosophyisfrequent l
ycenter edonaper son'sorgroup'sethicsandis
usuall
yassoci atedwithar eli
gionorbeliefsystem.Ethicsrefer
st owhata
memberofagr oupbel i
evesispr operconductf orspecif
icbehaviorsthatcan,
andf r
equent l
ydo, i
nfluenceother s.However,phil
osophyi susuall
yonlya
personalopiniononwhati sproperandcor recttodo, aswellaswhati swr ong
andinappr opri
atetodo.Exceptf orwhati saccept abl
eatt heti
me, t
herei
s
rarel
yacl earcutrightandwr ong.