ETHICS MIDS # 4

• Moral dilemma


  A situation where all the choices available to you could negatively affect you or another person
• Law


  Rule created by the government to maintain order
• Aristotle


  The philosopher who considered freedom and reason as necessary faculties for consciously making sense of things
• Structural 


  A dilemma wherein organizations or persons holding high level positions in society are faced with the moral conflict and all the choices available will adversely affect the social system
• Virtues


  Thoughts or behavior that is guided by and displays high moral standards
• Organizational 


  A dilemma wherein all available choices in a moral conflict will adversely affect the organization
• What are Moral standards


  It involves behavior that seriously affect other people
• Levels of moral dilemma

  • Personal
  • Organizational
  • Structural
• Policy


  Guiding rules that help in decision making
• Gabriel Marcel


  The philosopher who said freedom is the ability to act significantly and it is a gift given to us by God
• Morality


  The effort to guide one's conduct by reason
• How moral standards differ from other rules in life


  Moral standards are rules on how a person should behave around others
• Ethics


  Deals with moral principles
• Rachels


  The philosopher who said morality is the effort to guide one's conduct through reason and giving equal weight between personal interest and that of other people
• Why rules are important to social beings

  Rules make a person become a productive member of society even when there is conflict
• Rules


  These are in place to manage harmful behaviors, hopes to prevent chaos, and establish stability
• Jean-Paul Sartre


  The philosopher who viewed that the human person is "absolutely free"
• Why study ethics?


  to understand my moral compass
• Why is it that only human beings are ethical?

  Only humans have the capacity for free moral judgment
• When do you say a situation is a moral experience

  participating in political rallies
• What is a moral dilemma?

  You are faced with difficult choices but you have a moral reason for your actions
• Why is freedom crucial in making decisions?

  freedom results to peace and prosperity
• Which of the statements below best describe non-moral standards?


  non-moral standards vary and are dependent on how a particular group set the rules.
• PERSONAL

  A level of moral dilemma where all the choices in a moral conflict available to you could negatively affect you or another person.
• Characteristics of Moral Standard:

  > It does not depend on any external authority

  >Moral standards take a more important consideration than other standards, including self-interest.

  >Moral standards are based on objectivity

  >Moral standards are associated with vocabulary that depicts emotions or feelings

  >Moral standards are believed to be universal

  >It invovles behaviors that seriosly affect other people's well being
• Ludovico technique


  Experimental treatment designed to eliminate criminal impulses.
• Lao tzu


  A philosopher discussed freedom and responsibility. Advocated that a person can and should choose to act but his or her action should be that which would result in harmony.
• A moral dilemma is a situation where:

  >There is a moral reason for doing such action

  >You cannot do all the possible actions presented to you

  >There are two or more actions that you can possibly do
• Which of the statements below does not describe freedom?

  freedom has no responsibility