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ETHICS

a branch of philosophy that deals with the systematic questioning and critical examination of underlying principles of moralityetho

“ethos”

character of a culture

“ethos”

includes the attitude of approval or disapproval in a particular culture at a given tike and place

MORALITY

comes from the word “mores” (customs including the customary behavior of a particular group of people)

NORMATIVE ETHICS / METAETHICS

two general approaches in ethics

NORMATIVE ETHICS

is meant to hive an answer to question: ‘What is good?’. Goodness or badness of an act. Example: Christian Ethics

METAETHICS

questions the basis of the assumptions proposed in a framework of norms in normative ethics. examines presuppositions, meanings and justification of ethical concepts and principles. answers: subjective or objective

INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR

is the sense of what is the right thing to do from the customs or mores of a particular society

WILLIAM SUMNER

“our notion of what is right stems from man’s basic instinct to survive”

MAN-GROUP-SURVIVAL TASK-BEST PRACTICES-EXPEDIENT WAY OF THINGS

CONCEPT MAP

FOLKWAYS

imitating and transferring these practices, traditions would emerge; practical way of doing things

MORES

comes from folkways with element of societal welfare embodied in them

habits, social rules and sactions

INDIVIDUALS-


SOCIETY GROUP-

POV OF SOCIETY, POV OF INDIVIDUAL

two important factors in the emergence of morality

POV OF SOCIETY

customs, social rules, sactions

POV OF INDIVIDUAL

the person who has unconsciously developed habits in the following social norms established by society

Jean-Paul Sartre

idea of radical freedom that man is condemned to be free

Jean-Paul Sartre

“Man is nothing but that which he makes of himself”

FREEDOM AND OBLIGATION

two conditions for morality to occur

DELIBERATION

act pertaining to humans alone

DELIBERATION

this act requires reflection and an exercise of one's rational capacity to the fullest without sacrificing his ability to empathize with other human beings

CONDUCT

According to Mothershead, deliberate human action, this is a result of the process of reflection

CONDUCT

where the human person is endowed with the capacity to think using his rationality and to weigh the consequences of his actions in order to plan his own life

PRE-REFLECTIVE MORALITY

Animals are not capable of deliberation, reflection, concept construction, rational and critical thinking that humans are able to do so

PRE-REFLECTIVE MORALITY

Animals have been recognized to have the ability to solve simple problems

PRE-REFLECTIVE MORALITY

Morality that occurred prior to deliberation and reflection

VALUE EXPERIENCE

happens when we make choices and indicate our preference. Where you are setting which are your priorities that you have chosen to pursue

VALUES

is the result of this process of value experience

MORAL VALUES

Value become unlimited priority in their scope of relevance in our life

MORAL DECISIONS

"A __________ is the most important class of moral judgment"


-Mothershead

MORAL JUDGMENTS

Not all __________ are decisions, it can be a referenced to other people or groups of people

INTELLECTUAL CHOICE

process of giving normative answers as rational moral beings. "What do I ought to do given this situation?"

NORMATIVE ANSWERS

answers about what we ought to do from a moral system that we uphold and its moral principles

PRACTICAL CHOICE

There seems to be a difference between making moral decisions in actual situations where you are involved

Moral Reasoning

Process of examining moral arguments, known as evaluative reasoning in trying to evaluate the soundness of the argument from moral view

Moral Argument

Has to contain an analysis of what is considered as good or bad, right or wrong, correct or incorrect in the moral realm.

moral reasoning

is an individual's internal cognitive process of thinking through ethical issues and making moral decisions, while a

moral argument

is the external expression of that reasoning, involving the presentation of reasons and evidence to support a particular moral claim.

Deontological Ethics

Ethics based on duty, Greek word dein. Recognizes that there are moral principles that we follow which we consider as universally correct and should be applicable to all humanity

Categorical Imperative

Fundamental moral principle or the law of morality. Something that we are unconditionally obliged to do, without regard to the consequences

Immanuel Kant

“As human beings, we perceive the world as phenomena”

Phenomena

The knowledge of reality that our mind is capable of interpreting and understanding

Faculty of Pure Reason and Faculty of Pure Intuition of Space and Time

Two Faculties of the Mind

Faculty of Pure Reason

Provides the a priori (or prior to experience) source of knowledge which contains the structure of our mind as human beings

Faculty of Pure Intuition of Space and Time

Provides form and order to the data, content or material coming from experience, a posteriori source

Practical Reason

Emerge from the works between the two faculties and makes it possible for us to have knowledge of the phenomena. Responsible for our capacity to recognize what is good through the will, the Goodwill

Goodwill

The only thing good in-itself without qualification, when become fully functioning this is where the freedom is truly exercised because this is also when our reason is working to tell us what we ought to do

Categorical Imperative

"Act only on that maxim, through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law."

“maxim”

GENERAL TRUTH

‘From Duty’

When you are doing an action devoid of any feelings and emotions, morally worthy because you are morally worthy doing it from duty

According to Duty

Considering doing an action based on inclinations and feelings and it has no moral worth

Teleological Ethics

The end, goal, or purpose must be based on its consequences



The end justifies the means.

Telos

meaning end, goal, purpose

Teleological Ethics

Aims to examine the instrumental value of the act for the attainment of the desired consequences or purposes

Utilitarian ETHICS

Construed as the maximization of pleasure and the avoidance of pain in order to promote happiness.

Jeremy Bentham

His assumption is that pleasure is quantifiable

John Stuart Mill

Proposed that there must be a difference not just in its quantity, but what is more important to consider is the quality of the pleasure

INTELLECTUAL AND BODILY

two kinds of pleasure

INTELLECTUAL PLEASURE

It feeds man's noble feelings, imaginations and moral sentiments



Intellectual, spiritual and moral pleasures

BODILY PLEASURE

Sensual indulgences or bodily gratifications



Appeals to lower faculties

John Stuart Mill

“better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied”

Virtue ETHICS

Looks at the character that a person should possess for him or her to be considered virtuous. Character-based

EUDAEMONIST

The knowledge of the ultimate good, one will become wise and pursue goodness which will make him virtuous

Wisdom, Temperance, Courage, and Justice

VIRTUES AN IDEAL PERSON MUST POSSESS

ENTELECHEIA

Every individual has his own ________ or having own purpose, perfection or potential from within.

ARISTOTLE

"To live a life of virtue is through observing both moral and intellectual virtue"

Intellectual, moral

________ virtue will tell you what to do while the _________ virtue will tell you how to do it, in observing your mean

ARISTOTLE

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

AGENT BASED

Has to do with kind of virtue exemplified by those we consider as role models of character we would like to emulate and become

ETHICS OF CARE

Highlighted the feminine virtues such as nurturing and caring. Taking care of others, patience and self-sacrifice