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ETHICS PRELIM
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Ethics
entails that the person lives and actualizes
moral principles
in day-to-day routines
According to
Terrace McConnel
,
morality
is an
end-governed rational enterprise
The
Doctorine
of
the
Mean
principle suggests that a
moral
behavior
is one that is in the middle of
two
extremes
Freedom
sets the person apart from
nature
because through it she
transcends
nature's
deterministic
world
Moral Requirement
: the person is
obliged
to do
certain
acts
of
morality
Normative Ethics
attempts to develop
guidelines
or
theories
that tell us how we
ought to behave
False
Moral Dillemma
: it is not a
dilemma
since the agent's
conflicting moral obligations override
the other
Social ethics
deals with
principles
and
guidelines
that
regulate corporate welfare
within
societies
Morality
tells us what we
ought
to do and
exhorts
us to
follow
the
right way
Moral Standard
aims to provide individuals with proper
guidance
as to why some actions are
morally desirable
or
prejudicial
Epistemic
conflict:
a situation where the agent does not know what option is
morally right
Multi-Person Dillemma
involves several agents with the same set of
moral requirements
Concern for Survival
: this phase of Carol Gilligan's Theory of Moral Development focuses on what is best for the self
Non-Moral
Standard refers to rules which do not concern
moral actions
or
judgments
Moral Dillemma
: a situation where the individual is torn
between
two
or
more
conflicting
options