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    This document discusses key concepts in ethics including what ethics is, why rules are important, and different types of moral standards and dilemmas. It defines ethics as the branch of philosophy concerning morality and right/wrong conduct. It explains that rules are important for regulating behavior and protecting rights/freedoms while promoting justice and a healthy economic system. The document outlines different categories of moral standards including those related to right/wrong and non-moral standards. It also distinguishes between personal, organizational, and theoretical levels of moral dilemmas.

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    INTRODUCTION:

    KEY CONCEPTS
    IN ETHICS
    Derived from the
    Greek word ethos,
    which means
    “character”, or, in
    plural, “manners.
    - is the branch of
    philosophy that studies
    morality or the rightness
    or wrongness of human
    conduct. Morality speaks
    of a code system of
    behavior in regards to
    standards of right or
    wrong behavior.
    Also called ‘moral
    philosophy’, ethics
    evaluates moral concepts,
    values, principles, and
    standards. Because it is
    concerned with norms of
    human conduct, ethics is
    considered a normative
    study of human actions.
    WHY DO YOU
    THINK
    RULES ARE
    IMPORTANT?
    ❖ It refers to explicit or
    understood regulations or
    principles governing conduct
    within a specific activity or
    sphere. (“Rule,” n.d.). Rules
    tell us what is not allowed in a
    particular context or
    situation. It also serves as a
    foundation for any healthy
    society.
    The
    Importance of
    Rules to
    Social Beings
    a) Rules protect social beings by
    regulating behavior. Rules build
    boundaries that place limits on
    behavior. One of the reasons people
    follow accepted rules is to avoid
    negative consequences.
    b)Rules help to guarantee each
    person certain rights and
    freedom. Each person is
    guaranteed certain rights as the
    government is limited in its power to
    ensure that it does not become
    powerful enough to suppress liberty.
    Rules on divisions of power and
    checks and balances further protect
    individual liberty.
    c) Rules produce a sense of
    justice among social beings.
    Rules are needed to keep the
    strong from dominating the weak,
    that is, to prevent exploitation and
    domination. In effect, rules
    generate a stable system that
    provides justice, in which even the
    richest and most powerful have
    limitations ion what they can do. If
    they transgress rules and such laws
    and ordinances and take advantage
    of people, there are consequences
    both socially and criminally.
    d) Rules are essential for
    a healthy economic
    system. Without rules
    regulating business, power
    would centralize around
    monopolies and threaten
    the strength and
    competitiveness of the
    system. Rules are needed to
    ensure product safety,
    employee safety, and
    product quality.
    SAY
    SOMETHING
    ABOUT THE
    PICTURE!
    Refers to the
    standards that a
    person or a group
    has about what is
    right and wrong,
    or good and evil.
    ❑are those concerned with or
    relating to human behavior,
    especially the distinction
    between good and bad (or right
    and wrong) behavior. It involves
    the rules people have about the
    kind of actions they believe are
    morally right and wrong, as well
    as the values they place on the
    kinds of objects they believe is
    morally good and morally bad.
    ❑Refer to rules that are unrelated to moral
    or ethical considerations. Either these
    standards are not necessarily linked to
    morality or by nature lack ethical sense.
    Basic examples of non-moral standards
    include rules of etiquette, fashion
    standards, rules in games, and various
    house rules. Technically, religious rules,
    some traditions, and legal statutes (i.e.
    laws and ordinances) are non-moral
    principles, though they can be ethically
    relevant depending on some factors and
    contexts.
    ❑Moral standards involve serious
    wrongs or significant benefits.
    ❑Moral standards ought to be
    preferred to other values
    ❑Moral standards are not established
    by authority figures
    ❑Moral standards have the trait of
    universalizability
    ❑Moral standards are based on
    impartial considerations.
    ❑Moral standards are associated with
    special emotions and vocabulary
    ❑Refers to a situation in
    which a tough choice has
    to be made between two
    or more options,
    especially more or less
    equally undesirable
    ones. Not all dilemmas
    are moral dilemmas.
    - Also called ‘ethical dilemmas,’
    moral dilemmas are situations
    in which a difficult choice has to
    be made between two courses
    of action, either of which entails
    transgressing a moral principle.
    At the very least, a moral
    dilemma involves conflicts
    between moral requirements.
    a.The agent is required
    to do each of two (or
    more) actions;
    b.The agent can do each
    of the actions, but the
    agent cannot do both
    (or all) of the actions.
    ❑ are those experienced
    and resolved on a
    personal level. Since may
    ethical decisions are
    personally made, many, if
    not most of, moral
    dilemmas fall under, or
    boil down to, this level.
    ❑refer to ethical cases
    encountered and
    resolved by social
    organizations. This
    category includes moral
    dilemmas in business,
    the medical field, and the
    public sector.
    ❑refer to cases
    involving a network
    of institutions and
    operative theoretical
    paradigms.
    Only human beings can be ethical

    a. Only human beings are


    rational, autonomous, ad
    self-conscious.
    Only human beings can be ethical

    b. Only human beings


    can act morally or
    immorally.
    Only human beings can be ethical

    c. Only human beings


    are part of the moral
    community.
    REFERENCES
    • De, Guzman, et.al. 2018. Ethics (Principles of Ethical Behavior in Modern Society). Mutya Publishing, Inc.
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