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    Introduction To Ethics: Prepared By: Ethics Instructors

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    Ethics is concerned with systems of moral principles that guide human decisions and actions. It addresses questions about how to live a good life, our rights and responsibilities, and determining what is morally right or wrong. The study of ethics examines dilemmas around these issues. It also considers why ethics is an important subject to study and what ethical thinking involves.

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    Introduction To Ethics: Prepared By: Ethics Instructors

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    Ethics is concerned with systems of moral principles that guide human decisions and actions. It addresses questions about how to live a good life, our rights and responsibilities, and determining what is morally right or wrong. The study of ethics examines dilemmas around these issues. It also considers why ethics is an important subject to study and what ethical thinking involves.

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    L.1 Introduction to Ethics

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    Ethics is concerned with systems of moral principles that guide human decisions and actions. It addresses questions about how to live a good life, our rights and responsibilities, and determining what is morally right or wrong. The study of ethics examines dilemmas around these issues. It also considers why ethics is an important subject to study and what ethical thinking involves.

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    Introduction to Ethics

    Prepared by: Ethics Instructors


    At its simplest, ethics is a system of moral principles.
    They affect how people make decisions and lead their
    lives.
    Ethics is concerned with what is good for individuals
    and society and is also described as moral philosophy.
    The term is derived from the Greek word ethos which can
    mean custom, habit, character or disposition.
    ETHICS

    Ethics covers the following dilemmas:

    · how to live a good life


    · our rights and responsibilities
    · the language of right and wrong
    · moral decisions - what is good and bad?
    Why is there a need at all
    to study ethics as a
    subject in college?
    What do people
    think when they
    think ethically?
    The Moral Act
    Most of the time, we act based on how we feel. We are pleased
    when someone compliments us for a job well done, we feel angry
    when someone accuses us of a wrongdoing we did not do. We eat
    when we are hungry. We seek companionship when we are lonely.
    This is something that we share with other animals to a certain
    degree. However, unlike animals that are instinctively programmed
    to act based on how and what they feel, us humans have the
    capacity to evaluate or examine the situation, and make a decision
    with respect to how we feel.
    O N E WAY O F E N S U R I N G T H E R AT I O N A L I T Y A N D
    I M PA RT I A L I T Y O F M O R A L D E C I S I O N S I S T O F O L L O W T H E
    SEVEN-STEP MORAL REASONING MODEL.
    T H E S E S T E P S C A N S E RV E A S A G U I D E I N M A K I N G
    C H O I C E S O F M O R A L I M P O RT.
    1 . STOP A ND T HI N K
    Before making any decisions, it is best to take a moment to think about the
    situation itself, your place in it, and other surrounding factors which merit
    consideration, such as the people involved and the potential effects of your
    decisions on them.
    2 . C LA RI FY GO AL S
    It is also necessary to clarify your short-term and long term aims
    3. DETERMINE FACTS
    Make sure you gather enough information before you make a choice.
    4 . D EV ELO P OP TI O NS
    Once you are clear in terms of your goals and facts, try to come up with alternative options
    to exhaust all possible courses of action.
    5. CONSIDER CONSEQUENCES
    Filter your choices and separate all the ethical from all the unethical choices bearing in
    mind both your motives and the potential consequences of your action.
    6 . C HO OS E
    Make a decision. If a choice is hard to make, try consulting others who may have knowledge
    or experience of your situation.
    7. MONITOR AND MODIFY
    Monitor what happens after your decision and have enough humility to modify your action or
    behavior as necessary.
    ETHICS
    From Act to the Person
    FO C USI NG E XC L U SI VE LY O N H UM A N A CT S I S L I MI T E D .
    CO N T E MPO RA RY E T H I C IST S P OI NT O U T TO T H E I MPO RTA N CE
    OF “ PE RSO NH O O D ” . IT IS THE HU M AN BE I N G
    H IM SE L F/H E RSE L F W H O G IV E S M E AN IN G A ND RE CE I V E S
    SI GN IFI CA NC E FR OM TH E A CT S T HAT HE / SH E E X E CU T E S .

    IT IS PE RSO N HO O D T H AT G IV E S A CT IO N S SIG N I FI C AN CE .
    PA RTI CUL A R MO RA L A CT IO NS S HA PE T H E “ PE RS ON ” T H AT O NE
    D E SIRE S
    end.

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