ethics

• ethos - comes from root word “character, moral nature"
• ethics - derived from the Ancient Greek word ēthikós (ἠθικός), meaning “relating to one’s character”
• Bernard Williams writes “What makes an inquiry a philosophical one is reflective generality and a style of argument that claims to be rationally persuasive.”
• Larry Churchill has written: “Ethics, understood as the capacity to think critically about moral values and direct our actions in terms of such values, is a generic human capacity.”
• Normative Ethics- actions are judged by their merits, allowing societies to develop codes of conduct for behavior. The Golden Rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”, is a classic example, since you’re determining morality through your actions.
• Descriptive Ethics- does not actually claim that things are right or wrong, but simply studies how individuals or societies define their morals. Morals are seen as part of a greater system that is not objective or unbiased but is created by culture, like language.
• Ethics is a science and depends upon rational investigation of its truths.
• Religion is a system of beliefs and practices based on faith or revelation.
• Ethical science is particularly concerned with the study of man and human conduct and is, therefore, especially related to all those sciences dealing with the study of human nature and human living
• Logic is the science of right thinking
• Ethics is the science of right living.
• Ethics and Psychology. Both deals with the study of man, human nature, and human behavior.
• Psychology studies how man behaves
• ethics studies how man ought to behave.
• Ethics deals with moral order which includes social order.
• Sociology deals with human relations in a society, but human relations are based on proper order
• Ethics and Economics. Man is also an economic being because he has to support himself by earning a living.
• Economics deals with topics such as wages, labor, production and distribution of wealth.
• Professional Ethics

  The practice of profession therefore subscribes to a set of moral code. This code of ethics guides the actuation of a professional where the law is silent or inadequate.
• ETHICS AND LAW

  law requires that we perform the required action regardless of our feelings towards such action.
• ethics is a system of moral principles

  affects how people make decisions and lead their lives concerned with what is good for individuals
• scientific study of moral judgments

  discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad, right and wrong applied to any system or theory of moral values or principles practical decision making major concerns include the nature of ultimate value and the standards by which human actions can be judged right or wrong.
• ethics takes form of value education

  guide an individual in choosing wisely his values and in acting upon them

  rational foundation of any attempt at value education

  reason why we must choose certain values. it explains human values in relation to the ultimate purpose of human existence
• academic knowledge and skill development

  cultivating a moral compass, nurturing positive values, and fostering the development of individuals with strong character and a sense of social responsibility

  • aims to prepare individuals to contribute positively to society and navigate the complexities of the modern world with integrity and compassion.