The document discusses ethics and morality. It defines values as the foundation for judging right from wrong, and morals as rules that emerge from values and govern behavior. Ethics analyze concepts like right and wrong and seek to establish principles to guide actions. There are six characteristics of moral standards and various levels of moral dilemmas. Culture consists of shared values, beliefs, and practices that define a collective. Moral behavior produces good outcomes for communities. Factors like family, school, church, and media influence moral development through different approaches like psychoanalysis, learning theory, and social expectations.
The document discusses ethics and morality. It defines values as the foundation for judging right from wrong, and morals as rules that emerge from values and govern behavior. Ethics analyze concepts like right and wrong and seek to establish principles to guide actions. There are six characteristics of moral standards and various levels of moral dilemmas. Culture consists of shared values, beliefs, and practices that define a collective. Moral behavior produces good outcomes for communities. Factors like family, school, church, and media influence moral development through different approaches like psychoanalysis, learning theory, and social expectations.
The document discusses ethics and morality. It defines values as the foundation for judging right from wrong, and morals as rules that emerge from values and govern behavior. Ethics analyze concepts like right and wrong and seek to establish principles to guide actions. There are six characteristics of moral standards and various levels of moral dilemmas. Culture consists of shared values, beliefs, and practices that define a collective. Moral behavior produces good outcomes for communities. Factors like family, school, church, and media influence moral development through different approaches like psychoanalysis, learning theory, and social expectations.
The document discusses ethics and morality. It defines values as the foundation for judging right from wrong, and morals as rules that emerge from values and govern behavior. Ethics analyze concepts like right and wrong and seek to establish principles to guide actions. There are six characteristics of moral standards and various levels of moral dilemmas. Culture consists of shared values, beliefs, and practices that define a collective. Moral behavior produces good outcomes for communities. Factors like family, school, church, and media influence moral development through different approaches like psychoanalysis, learning theory, and social expectations.
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ETHICS 202
Values –foundation of a person’s ability to judge Six (6) characteristics of moral standards between right and wrongs; Includes a deep rooted 1. Moral standards involve serious wrongs or system of belief; Have intrinsic worth, but are not significant benefits. universally accepted; allows individual to determine 2. Moral standards ought to be preferred to other what should and shouldn’t be. values 3. Moral standards are not established by Morals - formed from values; actual system of beliefs authority figures that emerge out of a person’s core values; specific and 4. Moral standards have the trait of context driven rules that govern a person’s behaviour; universalizability individually tailored to a person’s life experiences, it is 5. Moral standards are based on impartial subjective considerations - Latin word "mos" meaning "custom" 6. Moral standards are based on impartial - refer mainly to guiding principles considerations - shaped by their surrounding environment - Moral values shape a person’s ideas Non-moral standards – rules that are about right and wrong. unrelated to moral or ethical considerations; not - individual’s own principles regarding right and necessarily linked to morality or by nature lack ethical wrong sense; rules of etiquette, fashion standards, rules in - transcends cultural norms games, and various house rules. - Personal compass of right and wrong. - Related to professional work Morality – standards that a person or a group has about - Influenced by profession, field, organization what is right and wrong, or good and evil.
Moral precept - an idea or opinion that’s driven by a Moral Dilemma - situation where in we have to choose desire to be good 2 different but appropriate actions.
Amoral – no sense of right or wrong. Levels of Moral/Ethical Dilemma
Immoral – they know right from wrong but choosing • Individual- ethical standard is in opposition to the wrong thing to do. that of the employer, which could lead to tension. • Organizational – ethical standards are seen in Mores – strongly held norms; represent the deeply held company policies, and yet ethical standards deviate standards of what is right and wrong; determines what from that of the organization. is considered morally acceptable or unacceptable in • Systemic- ethics is predisposed by the larger society. operating environment of the company; can affect the operating standards and policies of the Moral standards – ethical principles that we live and organization. believe; important blueprints of our behaviour, which we abide by daily, and are influenced by our society, or Ethics- the philosophical concept of morality, which by certain ethical Universal; involve the rules people analyses concepts such as right and wrong, and seeks to have about the kinds of actions they believe are morally establish principles of right behaviour that may serve as right and wrong, as well as the values they place on the guides to action for people to follow kinds of objects they believe are morally good and - Greek word "ethos" meaning"character" morally bad; Some ethicists equate moral standards - specific rules and actions, or behaviors with moral values and moral principles. - rules provided by an external source - governed by professional and legal guidelines 3. Social-group Approach – claims we behave the within a particular time and place way we do because people expect us to behave - Influenced by society, culture and religion that way - Not related to Professional work 4. Cognitive development Approach – asserts that to behave morally implies intelligent adaptation Freedom as Foundation of Ethics to our environment; emphasizes the Kant, moral rightness and wrongness apply only to free importance of intelligence in moral control agents who have the capacity to regulate their behaviour and have it in their power at the time of their actions, either to act rightly or not.
Culture – consists of the values beliefs, systems of
languages, communications, and practices that people share in common and that can be used to define them as a collective; includes material objects that are common to that group or society.
Components of Culture 1. Material Things – things that human make and use 2. Non-material Things – the values and beliefs, languages, communication, and practices that are shared in common by a group of people
Moral Behavior – actions that produce good outcomes
to individuals as member of the community or a society
Agencies that influence our Moral Behavior
1. Family – basic member of society; provides basic need to survive and develop to be a good member of society 2. School – formal or non-formal, provides education needs of the children 3. Church – institutions that determines specifically the right and wrong/ bad and good 4. Mass Media – agencies that are purposive in entertaining, informing and educating through various channels (print/non-print)
Approaches in the development of moral behaviour
1. Psycho-analytic Approach – when the superego dominates the individual he is good because he has the conscience that tells to be good 2. Learning Theory Approach – we have been trained and disciplined by our upbringing and by the examples of our parents into behaving the way we should
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