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Divisions of Ethics

There are two main divisions of ethics: 1) General Ethics, which deals with the basic principles and determinants of morality in human acts. 2) Special or Applied Ethics, which applies the principles of General Ethics to specific areas of human life and activity, both individual and social. There are four types of norms or standards within a community's ethos: 1) Technical norms relate to survival and well-being. 2) Societal norms strengthen community bonds. 3) Aesthetic norms define beauty. 4) Ethical or moral norms judge right from wrong based on an ideal vision of human perfection.

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Divisions of Ethics

There are two main divisions of ethics: 1) General Ethics, which deals with the basic principles and determinants of morality in human acts. 2) Special or Applied Ethics, which applies the principles of General Ethics to specific areas of human life and activity, both individual and social. There are four types of norms or standards within a community's ethos: 1) Technical norms relate to survival and well-being. 2) Societal norms strengthen community bonds. 3) Aesthetic norms define beauty. 4) Ethical or moral norms judge right from wrong based on an ideal vision of human perfection.

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Divisions of Ethics

1. General Ethics
It is considered as the basic course in the study of Ethics. General Ethics
mainly deals with the morality of human acts, and the specific determinants of
morality.
2. Special or Applied Ethics

It applies the specific and fundamental norms and principles of General


Ethics in various specific areas of human life and activity, both in the individual
and social domain, such as in the areas of family, the State, the Church, and
other societal issues and concerns.

Kinds of Valuation and Types of Norms


Norm is a rule, standard or measure. It measures the act or conduct as good or
bad, right or wrong, moral or immoral.

“The criteria of judgment about the sorts of person we ought to be and the sort of
actions we out to perform” -Richard Gula

Norms of Morality is the standards that indicate the rightfulness or wrongfulness,


the goodness or evilness, the value or disvalue of human conduct.

Four Types of Norms or Standards within the Ethos or Mores of a Community:

1. Technical Norm

 Refers mainly to man’s needs which come from his bodily space-
time limitations.
 Has to do with survival, health and well-being.
 Concerned with problems of effecting change, of transforming the
natural world, the problems of coping natural forces.
e.g.
>the “right” way of preparing the field for planting rice.

2. Societal Norm
 Has to do with need for group cohesion and for strengthening the
bonds that keep the community together.
e.g.
>certain manners or attire, certain ways of speaking, and certain
ceremonies and rituals are considered ‘proper’ and ‘fitting,’
‘appropriate’ or ‘recommended,’ because they maintain and strengthen
the bonds that keep the community together.

3. Aesthetic Norm

 Refers to typical perceptual forms regarding color, shape, space,


movement, sound, feeling and emotion, touch and texture, taste,
scent and odor which are considered by the community as
‘beautiful,’ because they represent a certain free play and
celebration of the human spirit.

e.g.
>fashion sense, music type, hair style, speech

4. Ethical or Moral Norm

 Refers to some ideal vision of a human person, an ideal stage or


perfection of his/her being, which serves as the ultimate goal and
norm.
 The human person and his/her actions are judged to be right or
wrong, good or bad.
 The other norms-technical, societal, and aesthetic are subordinated
to this type of norm.

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