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    GEC 8- ETHICS

    THE ETHICAL DIMENSION OF HUMAN


    EXISTENCE Chapter 1

    RHEA MAE CASERIA, RPm


    Instructor I
    Objectives
    ➢ Identify the ethical aspect of human life and the
    scope of ethical thinking;
    ➢ Define and explain the terms that are relevant to
    ethical thinking
    ➢ Evaluate the difficulties that are involved in
    maintaining certain commonly-held notions on
    ethics.
    LESSON 1: VALUE

    ETHICS
    ❑ good things that we should do and the bad things that
    we should avoid
    ❑ right ways in which we could or should act and the
    wrong ways of acting
    ❑ what is acceptable and unacceptable in human behavior
    ❑ may involve obligations that we are expected to fulfill
    ❑ prohibitions that we are required to respect
    ❑ ideals that we are encouraged to meet
    Clarifications and Terminologies

    1. Recognize that there are instances when we make value judgements that are not considered to be part
    of ethics.

    Kinds of Valuations
    a. Aesthetics – derived from the Greek word “aesthesis” (“sense” or “feeling”) and refers to the judgements
    of personal approval or disapproval that we make about what we see, hear, smell, or taste.

    b. Etiquette – certain approval or disapproval of actions which can be relatively more trivial in nature. It is
    concerned with right and wrong actions, but those considered not quite grave enough to belong to the
    discussion on ethics.

    c. Technical Valuation – derive from the Greek word “techne” the English words techniques and technical
    which are often used to refer to a proper way (or right way) of doing things but may not necessarily be an
    ethical.
    Clarifications and Terminologies

    2. Ethics and Morals


    Morals – used to refer specific beliefs or attitudes that people have or to describe acts that people
    perform

    Ethics- the discipline of studying and understanding ideal human behavior and ideal ways of thinking

    3. Descriptive and Normative


    Descriptive Ethics – concerned with how people behave. What do people think is right is the question
    of Descriptive Ethics

    Normative Ethics – concerned with how people ought to act, what sort of person one ought to be or
    what sort of policies ought to be implemented
    Clarifications and Terminologies

    4. Issue Decision Judgement and Dilemma


    Moral Issue – used to refer to those particular situations that are often the
    source of considerable ad inclusive debates (thus we would often
    hear topics such as capital punishment and euthanasia as moral
    issue)

    Moral Decision – when one is faced in a situation and confronted by the choice of what act to perform

    Moral Judgment – when one is an observer who makes an assessment on the actions or behavior

    Moral Dilemma – Going beyond the matter of choosing right over wrong, or good over bad, and
    considering instead the more complicated situation wherein one is torn between
    choosing one of two goods or choosing between the lesser of two evils; When an
    individual can choose only one from a number of possible actions and there are
    compelling ethical reasons for the various choices.
    Clarifications and Terminologies

    Reasoning
    ➢ Why do we suppose that a certain way of acting is right and its opposite is wrong?
    ➢ what reasons do we give to decide or to judge that a certain way of acting is either right or wrong?
    ➢ Beyond rewards and punishments, it is possible for our moral valuations, decisions and judgment to
    be based on a principle or a moral framework.

    Principle
    ➢ Rationally established grounds by which one justifies and maintains her moral decisions and
    judgement.

    Moral Theory/Framework
    ➢ A systematic attempt to establish the validity of maintaining certain moral principles. It is a
    structure which can evaluate our reasons for valuing a certain decision or judgement.

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