Ethics

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  • Philosophy. Is an examination of life upon which one will formulate a fundamental principle as a standard for a more organized ideas where human life and experience is based upon.
  • Moral standards. Are not established by authority figures.
  • Freedom. Is an inherent human power to act or not to act that makes them responsible for their actions.
  • Ethics. Means a characteristic way of doing things or body of customs.
  • Agape. Refers to the paternal love of God for man and but is extended to include a brotherly love for all humanity.
  • Moral standards. Are set of norms in society in accord to moral principles that supposed to determine about the kind of actions people believe are morally right and deter them from doing what is considered as wrong.
  • Rules. Are instructions that tell what we are allowed to do and what we are not allowed to do.
  • Philosophy. Means love of wisdom.
  • Rules. Organize relations between individuals.
  • Ethics. Deals with what is 'good or evil'.
  • Ethical standards. Are principles that when followed, promote values.
  • Dilemma. Is a difficult situation in which an individual is confronted to choose between two or more alternative actions to resolve the problem.
  • Moral agent. Is “a being who is capable of acting with reference to right and wrong”
  • Sequential Dilemma. Is different behaviors, different times.
  • Impartiality. Is a principle of justice holding that decisions or judgment on something or someone should be objective not on the basis of bias or prejudice to favor someone irrationally.
  • Temporal dilemma. Is a dilemma that focus on “when.”
  • Systematic Dilemma. Is a moral dilemma that occurs at a macro level.
  • Subculture. Cultured enjoyed by a small group within society
  • Moral behavior. Are what one believes to be the right things to do.
  • Ethical relativism. Denies the existence of one universal moral law.
  • Descriptive moral relativism. Also known as cultural relativism, says that moral standards are culturally defined, which is generally true.
  • Moral dilemma. Is a conflict of morals, where you are forced to choose between two or more options and you have a moral reason to choose and not choose each option.
  • Moral relativism rests on the beliefs that values are subjective.
  • Classic Dilemma is a dilemma is different criteria, same behavior.
  • Classic Dilemma. Different criteria, same behavior.
  • Temporal Dilemma. Same process, different criteria applied at a different time.
  • Orthogonal dilemma. Different behavior, different criteria.
  • Unequal dilemma. Split across unequal status.
  • Personal dilemma. A conflict, problem,or situation with two possible option.
  • Organizational dilemma. A puzzle possed by a the dual necessities of a social organization and member's self interest.
  • Systematic dilemma. Process of systematic moral analysis predicated on moral rule violations, which results in harm to another person or persons.