Module 1: Basic Concepts in

Ethics

The Nature of Ethics and

Morality
Prepared by: Ms. Dionessa Bustamante
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What we’re discussing for this
week:
Module 1: Basic Concepts in Ethics
I. The Nature of Ethics and Morality

 Defining Ethics and Morality

 Moral Issue and Moral Dilemma
 Levels of Moral Dilemma
 Outline of
Discussion
Defining
01 Ethics and 02 Moral Issue and
Moral Dilemma
Morality
• Descriptive, • Moral Decision
Normative, and Moral
and Judgment
Metaethics
03 Levels
Dilemma
of Moral
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Defining
Ethics and
Morality
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 may be used to refer to specific
belief or attitude that people
have or to describe acts that
people perform.

Ethic
s
 can be used to refer to the
discipline of studying and
understanding the ideal way of
thinking.
 Ethics
 It is a branch of philosophy that concerns itself with value
judgments about what is good and bad through the use of
reasoning, that can be applied in our daily life.
 Philosophy

● rooted from the Greek words philia which

means love, and sophia which means
wisdom.

● In other words, philosophy could mean

love of wisdom.
 Branches of Ethics

Descriptive Metaethics Normative

 A study of ethics reports  It is one which digs  Deals with what could or
how people, particularly into questions about should be considered as
groups, make their moral the nature of ethics, the right way of acting. It
valuations without including the meaning prescribes what we ought
making any judgment of ethical terms and to maintain as our
either for or against these judgments. standards or bases for
valuations. moral valuation.
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Moral Issue
02 and Moral
Dilemma
 Moral Valuations
Moral
Moral Issue
 a situation that calls Dilemma
a situation wherein
for a moral one is torn between
valuation. choosing one of two
goods or choosing
between the lesser of
Moral two evils.

Decision Moral
 a decision you
makes when you  Judgment
done when a person
are placed in a is an observer who
situation and makes an assessment
confronted by the on the actions or
choice of what act behavior of someone
to perform. else.
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Levels of
Moral
Dilemma
 Levels of Moral Ty
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Dilemma

Individual Organizational Structural

 pertains to the dilemmas  is one that occurs within a
you face as a person. person vis-à-vis an
organization that a person is
involved in.
 this occurs when there
are conflicting
perspectives or
interests between and
among different
groups, organizations,
sectors, or institutions.
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