ETHICS MORAL DILEMMA
- Comes from the Greek word “ethos”
which means “characteristic” or
“custom”.
- Depends on social background.
- System of moral values of particular
society and institution.
- Morally good and acceptable majority
of the society.
- The discipline with what is good and
bad and with moral duty and
obligation,
- CHRISTOPHER PANZA and
ALLAN POTTHAST gave reasons
on why students should study ethics.
1. Ethics allows you to live an authentic
and meaningful life.
2. Ethics makes you more successful.
3. Ethics allows you to cultivate inner
peace.
4. Ethics provides for a stable society.
5. Ethics may help out in the afterlife.
DILEMMA
- Is a conflict, problem, or situation
with 2 possible solutions.
- Comes from the Greek word
dilēmma, from di- 'twice' + lēmma
'premise'.
- Also called Ethical Dilemmas.
- Not all dilemmas are Moral
Dilemmas.
- Also called “ethical dilemmas”.
- Are situations in which a difficult
choice has to be made between two
courses of action.
- You are forced to choose between two
or more options and you have a moral
reason to choose and not choose each
option.
- Examples of Moral Dilemmas are:
• The Unfaithful Friend
• Telling A Secret
CULTURE
- Is said to be the way of life of the
people, hence, all human societies
have culture ranging from the most
primitive to the most advanced
culture.
- Classic definition of culture was
given by Edward Tylor, an English
anthropologist, who stated, “Culture
is that complex whole which includes
knowledge, beliefs, art, law, custom,
and any other capabilities and habits
acquired by man as a member of the
society.”
CHARACTERISTIC OF
CULTURE
1. Culture is learned
- Is not inherited biologically but it is
leant socially by man in a society.
2. Culture is social
- It develops in the society through
social interaction.
3. Culture is shared 9. Culture is responsive
- Is something shared. It is nothing that - Is responsive to the changing
an individual can passes but shared by conditions of a physical world. It
common people of a territory. intervenes in the natural environment
and helps man from all dangers and
4. Culture is transmitted natural calamities.
- Is capable of transmitted from one
generation to the next. 10. Culture is gratifying
- It is gratifying and provide all the
5. Culture is continuous opportunities for needs and desires
- Is continuous process. It is like a satisfaction.
stream which is flowing from one - These needs may be biological or
generation to another through social but it is responsible to satisfy it.
centuries.
- “Culture is the memory of human
race.” KINDS OF CULTURE
1. MATERIAL CULTURE
6. Culture is accumulative
- Refers to the concrete and tangible
- Is not a matter of month or a year. It
things that man creates and uses.
is the continuous process and adding
Material culture consists of objects
new cultural traits.
that are related to the material aspect
of our life such as our dress, food, and
7. Culture is integrated
household goods.
- The development of culture is the
integration of its various parts. For
2. NON - MATERIAL CULTURE
example, values system is interlinked
- Refers to non - material things or
with morality, customs, beliefs and
intangible objects which the person
religion.
uses, follows, professes, or strives to
- A change in one part of culture will
conform. It includes knowledge,
usually affect the other part.
laws, lifestyles, techniques, ideas,
customs, behaviors, among others.
8. Culture varies from society to
- Non-material culture does not include
society
any physical objects or artifacts.
- Every society has its own culture and
ways of behaving.
- It is not uniform everywhere but
occurs differently in various societies.
Every culture is unique in itself is a
specific society.