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ETHICS Etika Overview
ETHICS Etika Overview
and Philosophy
Descriptive Ethics
Describing how people behave.
“What do people think is right?”
Normative Ethics
-establishing norms or typical appropriate behaviors people
should perform
(schoulds, oughts, need tos)
Meta-ethics
-looking at how people determine for themselves what norms
to follow
“What does right even mean?”
Applied Ethics
-applying ethics to real-world problems:
“How do we take moral knowledge and put into practice?”
Ethical Theories and
Principles
Ethical theories - foundations of ethical analysis because they
are the viewpoints from which guidance can be obtained
along the pathway to a decision
1. Do not steal
2. Treat someone with kindness and compassion
3. Respect the rights of others
4. “Golden Rule” -Do not do unto others what you don’t others to
do unto you
Examples of Non-Moral
Standards
1. Table manners
2. Wearing a formal attire
3. Classroom procedures and routines
4. Submission of report every end of the month
Human Acts vs.
Acts of Man
Human acts are actions that are proper for humans and reveal the
value of responsibility or accountability
Acts of Man are actions that we do without free will and intellect;
some are done by instinct
Essential Qualities of
Human Acts
1. Knowledge
2. Freedom
3. Voluntariness
Examples of Human Acts Examples of Acts of Man
1. Studying 1. dreaming
3. Praying 3. sleepwalking
Material vs. Non-material
Objects of Ethics