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MARIA ADIEL H. AGUILING

ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS
 FACULTIES OF THE HUMAN SOUL

INTELLECT

WILL

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 FACULTIES OF THE HUMAN SOUL

OBJECT

INTELLECT TRUTH

WILL GOOD

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 VALUES are beliefs that incline us to choose one
over the other.

ETHICS
VALUES MORALS ETHICS refer to the
application
of the morals
to the
decision
MORALS refer to the underlying values on
themselves.
which our decisions are based.
Hartman et al, 2020t
 ETHICS
systematic reflection of values and norms: their content
and changes, justification and determination (Becker, 2019)

reflects on the standards by which people should live

and act (Hartman et al., 2020)
 the study of ethical principles and ethical challenges
that can arise in business practice

approach: studied not only as an academic discipline

but how human beings should properly live their lives

Hartman et al, 2020t

BUSINESS ETHICS should aim for both
knowledge about ethics and more
responsible behavior .

(Hartman et al., 2020)

answers WHY we should act
& decide in a particular way ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS

Perspectives for reasoning what course of action may

provide the most moral outcome
 Consequentialist Theory

The consequence of action indicates its ethical signifcance.

Egoistic approach

Utilitarianism
YouTube: Crash Course Philosophy # 36
Utilitarianism

We should act always so as to produce

the GREATEST GOOD for the
GREATEST NUMBER.

YouTube: Crash Course Philosophy # 36

Critique

The end does not always

justify the means.
 Kant's Categorical Imperatives
Deontological Ethics
Categorical imperatives : commands you must follow regardless of your
desire.

YouTube: Crash Course Philosophy # 35

 Kant's Categorical Imperatives
Deontological Ethics

CI- A : Act by principles that everyone can adopt and act by

What is ethically right is what binds on all.

YouTube: Crash Course Philosophy # 35

Critique

One cannot be rigid in applying the

same notion of duty to everyone
regardless of one's situation.
 Kant's Categorical Imperatives
Deontological Ethics
CI-B: treat humans as an end and never as means

What is ethically right is to treat humans as

ends in themselves.

YouTube: Crash Course Philosophy # 35

 Kant claimed that proper and rational
application of the categorical imperatives
will lead us to moral truth that is fixed
and applicable to all moral
agents...without God

Not everyone agrees with this.

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 Virtue Ethics

What is ethically right is what a virtuous person would do.

 Virtue Ethics

Proper functioning: humans have a fixed nature and

the way to flourish is by ADHERING to that NATURE

As rational animals, our function involves using

Aristotle
__a___ and getting along with other.

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 VIRTUE

THE GOLDEN MEAN

COURAGE
 VIRTUE

THE GOLDEN MEAN

COURAGE

COWARDICE RECKLESSNESS

VICE OF DEFECT VICE OF EXCESS

 Virtue Ethics

What's the motivation?

EUDAIMONIA
A WELL-LIVED LIFE
 Virtue Ethics

Aristotle

H O A IM S
E R S O N W CA N
A P BE ST H E
B E T H E TH IN G S .
TO G O O D
BE, D O E S
 What ethical framework
does Welsh use?

Jack Welsh : Chair and CEO of General Electric (1981-2001)

-transformed GE to a multinational corporation
-increased market value from $12B (1981) to $410B when he retired
-restructured GE through cost-cutting and lay-offs
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