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Intro To Moral Principles

This document discusses moral theories and frameworks. It outlines three branches of ethics: meta-ethics which analyzes moral concepts and language; applied ethics which examines specific fields like bioethics, environmental ethics, and professional ethics; and normative ethics which provides moral criteria to determine right action. Normative ethics includes deontology focusing on duties, teleology considering consequences, and virtue ethics concerning moral character. The document also defines key concepts in ethics like moral frames, applied fields, and categories of normative ethics.

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Intro To Moral Principles

This document discusses moral theories and frameworks. It outlines three branches of ethics: meta-ethics which analyzes moral concepts and language; applied ethics which examines specific fields like bioethics, environmental ethics, and professional ethics; and normative ethics which provides moral criteria to determine right action. Normative ethics includes deontology focusing on duties, teleology considering consequences, and virtue ethics concerning moral character. The document also defines key concepts in ethics like moral frames, applied fields, and categories of normative ethics.

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Moral Theories

and Moral
Frames
Moral Frames
- Conceptual structure or system
that supports or strengthens
morality

- made up of moral concepts and


theories
3 Branches of Ethics
- Meta-ethics
- Applied Ethics
- Normative Ethics
1. Meta-ethics
“Meta” (Latin)
after or beyond

• Philosophical analysis of the (nature)scope


and limits of Ethics

• Study of moral concepts and language

•Asks what Ethics is


2. Applied Ethics

Ethics in specific areas like environment,


medicine, business, and engineering.
Applied Ethics

A. Bioethics
Study of the ethical issues in
biology and medicine like genetic
engineering and drug research.
Applied Ethics

B. Environmental Ethics
Deals with moral issues and
responsibilities to our natural world
amidst the challenges of globalization
and development
Applied Ethics

C. Professional Ethics
Personal and corporate rules
that govern behavior within the
context of a particular profession.
Applied Ethics

D. Business Ethics
Moral principles in the workplace
guiding all work or business operations
and transactions.
Applied Ethics

E. Legal Ethics
Principles of conduct that govern
law practitioners and workers within
the justice system in the practice of
their duties.
Applied Ethics

F. Social Ethics
Addresses moral problems/issues rooted
in the systems and structures of the society.
• Examines/reflects on social conditions
• Issues like poverty, research on human subjects,
animal rights, euthanasia, abortion, discrimination,
pornography, crime and peace.
Applied Ethics

G. Christian Ethics (Moral Theology)


Based on the Holy Scripture and
faith, exemplified by the highest act
of love of Christ.
3. The Normative Ethics

Seek to provide moral criteria or


norms (general theories) to determine
a specific course of action.
2 Concepts:
• Concept of right
• Concept of morally good.
The Morally Right Action

• Answers “What ought I to do?”

Ought to do refers to the rightness or


propriety of actions.
The Morally Good

• The state of human character that is


desirable, worthy or morally good.
• Answers the question

“What kind of person ought I to be?”


- focuses on the moral character of
a person.
Categories of Normative Ethics:
• Deontological

• Teleological

• Virtue Ethics
Deontology

Greek - duty (deon)


science (logos)

Morality in the light of moral duties


(obligations) and rules (principles).
Deontology
• An action is morally good because
it proceeds from a good principle

and not because of its result or


consequences.
Teleology
(Greek) telos- “end”
logos- “science”

"Science of ends" - focuses on the


consequences of an
action
Virtue Ethics
• Focuses on what moral character of
an individual is desirable or
praiseworthy.

Virtues -most desirable traits or


character humans must have.
THUS,
Normative Ethics is about
an act from good principles,
considering its consequences
and its positive contribution to
the character of the agent .
REFERENCES:
• http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/Cavalier/80130/part2/II_preface.html.
Online Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy

• https://www.britannica.com/topic/normative-ethics

• Ethics, Applied | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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