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Module 1 - Morality and Law

This document provides an overview of the key topics covered in Week 1 of the course - morality and law. It defines morality as social conventions about right and wrong, and identifies the elements that make up a moral system including rules of conduct, principles, and moral codes. Law is defined as rules of conduct recognized by custom or enactment. The two main types of law are natural law (universal and unwritten) and conventional law (created by humans and varies by society). Key differences between morality and law are identified, such as how they are made, enforced, resolve conflicts, and pass judgment.

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Module 1 - Morality and Law

This document provides an overview of the key topics covered in Week 1 of the course - morality and law. It defines morality as social conventions about right and wrong, and identifies the elements that make up a moral system including rules of conduct, principles, and moral codes. Law is defined as rules of conduct recognized by custom or enactment. The two main types of law are natural law (universal and unwritten) and conventional law (created by humans and varies by society). Key differences between morality and law are identified, such as how they are made, enforced, resolve conflicts, and pass judgment.

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WEEK 1

Morality and Law

ITE-6202 Social Issues and Professional Practice


Week 1: Morality and Law
Course Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this module, a student is able to:


1. Define morality and law and identify the differences between each.
2. Determine the elements that make up the moral system
3. Determine the differences of the philosophical study of morality
from studying morality from the perspectives of religion and law.
4. Determine the roles of classic and contemporary ethical theories in
the analysis of moral issues involving cybertechnology
Topics Covered

• Morality
• Rules of Conduct
• The Moral System
MORALITY
• The Moral Code
I. MORALITY: Defined
What is Morality?
• This are social conventions about right and wrong
that are so widely shared that they become the
basis for an established consensus.
• It builds character traits in people.
• It can have strong disagreements over important
moral issues.
I. MORALITY: Rules of Conduct
Rules of Conduct
• Directives: “microethical” level
• Social policies: macroethical level

The rules of conduct in a moral system are evaluated


against standards called principles.

Example: “Proprietary software should not be copied


without permission”
I. MORALITY: The Moral System
The Moral System
• Public
- everyone must know what the rules are that define it.
• Informal
- no formal authoritative judges presiding over it.
• Rationality
- no special knowledge involved; understood by all
• Impartial
- the moral rules are ideally designed to apply equitably to all
participants in the system
I. MORALITY: Moral Code
What is a Moral Code?
• rules or norms within a group for what is proper
behavior for the members of that group.
Norms = rule, standard, or measure
• complex definitions of right and wrong that are
based upon well-defined group’s value systems.
I. MORALITY: Moral Code
Universally Observed Moral Code

1. The Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto
you.”
2. The Silver Rule: “Do not do unto others what you would not have them
do unto you.”
3. The Bronze Rule: “Repay kindness with kindness.”
4. The Iron Rule: “Do unto others as you like, before they do it unto you.”
5. The Tin Rule: “Pay homage to those above you and intimidate those
below you.”
6. The Nepotism Rule: “Give precedence in all things to close relatives,
and do as you like to others.”
Topics Covered

• Defining Law
• Types of Law
LAW
II. LAW: Defined
What is Law?
• law is a rule of conduct or an action recognized by
custom or decreed by a formal enactment,
community, or group.
• Two Types of Law:
• The Natural Law
• Conventional Law
II. LAW: The Natural Law
What is the Natural Law?
• unwritten but universal law.
• the anchor of our rights of self-preservation,
liberty, and property.
II. LAW: The Conventional Law
What is the Conventional Law?
• created by and for human beings.
• It is from that part of the enforceable moral code
that varies from different society and culture.
• Two forms:
1. declarative - simply restates what the
natural law declares
2. determinative – fixes ways of acting in
accordance with natural law.
II. LAW: Defined
What is Law?
• law is a rule of conduct or an action recognized by
custom or decreed by a formal enactment,
community, or group.
• Two Types of Law:
• The Natural Law
• Conventional Law
MORALITY
VS. LAW
III. MORALITY VS LAW: Differences
LAW MORAL
these are enacted by authorities these are developed by all
Code and Law Making Process
like councils of elders. members of a society
enforced by the authority that
Enforcement self-enforced.
enacted them
punishable by penalties that judgment is usually based on the
Nature of Punishments
depend on type, nature, and civility individual’s perception of that
of the action society’s morality
Conflict Resolution used to resolve interpersonal used to harmonize intrapersonal
conflicts in a society conflicts
passes judgment on a person’s
Types of Judgment cannot normally govern what is in
intentions and character based on
the person’s heart
what is in a person’s heart.
END

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