When ethics is used or discussed, the first thing that comes to mind is someone’s moral values of right or wrong. Some people may view ethics as the behaviors of norms that are accepted or unaccepted. However, the word ethics can be more complex than just that. Ethics is a method, procedure, and a perspective for deciding how to take action or for analyzing difficult problems and issues. Ethics are based off of things like the Golden Rule ("Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"), a conduct oath ("First of all, do no harm"), or someone’s religious faith like the Ten Commandments ("Thou Shalt not kill..."). Ethics should not be confused with being ones religion, or it is not the same as someone following the law or what society
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Early adulthood is from ages nineteen to twenty-five years old. In adulthood there are frequent changes taking place. You are learning many aspects of life, family, roles and resources. Things will begin to vary because of gender, age, race, ethnicity and your social class. As an adult, you have experienced many different life situations. These changes deals the way adults look and what role they play in society. Still in adulthood, their moral perceptions and judgements influence their actions. According to Kohlberg and his six stages of moral development at the adult age is where you are at the post-conventional stage. At the post- conventional stage, the adult has experience enough to not identify right and wrong from a norm but now identify it universal. An adult that has reached the post-conventional stage will keep everyone’s interest in mind. Kohlberg states, “They recognize that different social groups within a society will have different values…” (286) which will protect laws and improve society. Which Kohlberg’s six stages ties with Velasquez and the rest of the authors of “A Framework for Thinking Ethically”. In adulthood, they would use the Utilitarian Approach. This approach focuses on full development of humanity. The Utilitarian Approach helps those in adulthood use the character traits that they have learned to develop moral principles. The moral principles developed in adulthood helps adults deal with ethical problems involving themselves and society as a whole. For example in “A Callous Passerby” Robert Smith would be obligated to help the drowning little boy. This is because using the Utilitarian Approach you want to do a much good and very little harm. Smith walked pass the little boy and left him drowning. “A Callous Passerby” connects all five of the approaches that are talked about in “A Framework for
Early adulthood is from ages nineteen to twenty-five years old. In adulthood there are frequent changes taking place. You are learning many aspects of life, family, roles and resources. Things will begin to vary because of gender, age, race, ethnicity and your social class. As an adult, you have experienced many different life situations. These changes deals the way adults look and what role they play in society. Still in adulthood, their moral perceptions and judgements influence their actions. According to Kohlberg and his six stages of moral development at the adult age is where you are at the post-conventional stage. At the post- conventional stage, the adult has experience enough to not identify right and wrong from a norm but now identify it universal. An adult that has reached the post-conventional stage will keep everyone’s interest in mind. Kohlberg states, “They recognize that different social groups within a society will have different values…” (286) which will protect laws and improve society. Which Kohlberg’s six stages ties with Velasquez and the rest of the authors of “A Framework for Thinking Ethically”. In adulthood, they would use the Utilitarian Approach. This approach focuses on full development of humanity. The Utilitarian Approach helps those in adulthood use the character traits that they have learned to develop moral principles. The moral principles developed in adulthood helps adults deal with ethical problems involving themselves and society as a whole. For example in “A Callous Passerby” Robert Smith would be obligated to help the drowning little boy. This is because using the Utilitarian Approach you want to do a much good and very little harm. Smith walked pass the little boy and left him drowning. “A Callous Passerby” connects all five of the approaches that are talked about in “A Framework for