lesson 1

• ethics


  about matters such as the good thing that we should pursue and the bad thing that we should avoid
• ethics


  the right ways in which we could or should act and the wrong ways of acting
• ethics


  about what is acceptable and unacceptable in human behavior.
• ethics

  obligations that we are expected to fulfill, prohibitions that we are required to respect, or ideals that we are encouraged to mee
• ethics


  matters that concern life and death such as war, capital punishment or abortion and concerns human beings such as poverty, inequality or sexual identity.
• aesthetics


  Derived from the Greek word aesthesis (“sense” or “feeling”)
• aesthetics


  Refers to the judgment of personal approval or disapproval that we make about what we see, hear, smell or taste.
• aesthetics


  Personal preference
• aesthetics


  Examples are: Preferences in terms of movies, food, and dress
• etiquette


  concerned with right or wrong actions but those which might be considered as not quite grave enough to belong to a discussion of ethic
• etiquette


  Examples: Using the word “please” while asking for something; offering a seat to an elderly.
• technical


  derived from the Greek word “techne” and English words “technique” and “technical” which are used to refer to a proper way of doing things.
• technical


  Examples are, learning how to bake; learning how to pray basketball
• morals


  may be used to refer to specific beliefs or attitudes that people have or to describe acts that perform.
• morals


  individual’s personal conduct.
• ethics


  A discipline of studying and understanding ideal human behavior and ideal ways of thinking.
• ethics


  Acknowledged as an intellectual discipline belong to philosophy.
• descriptive


  study of ethics reports how people, particularly groups, make their moral valuations without making any judgment either for or against these valuations.
• descriptive


  Examples are work of the social scientist (historian or anthropologist)
• normative


  study of ethics done in philosophy engages in the question: What could or should be considered as the right way of acting?
• normative


  Prescribes what we ought to maintain as our standards or bases for moral valuation.
• A philosophical discussion goes beyond recognizing the characteristics of some descriptive theory
• • A philosophical discussion goes beyond recognizing the characteristics of some descriptive theory.

  • It does not simply accept as correct any normative theory.

  • A philosophical discussion of ethics engaged in a critical consideration of strengths and weaknesses of these normative theories.
• moral issue


  a situation that calls for moral valuation
• moral issue


  when one is placed in a situation and confronted by the choice of what act to perform.
• moral issue


  situation wherein an individual cannot afford to buy a certain item and the possibility for him to steal is present in that situation.
• moral decision


  An individual make when he/she is placed in a situation of moral issue.
• moral decision


  Action about a certain moral issue
• moral judgment


  When a person is observer who makes an assessment on the actions or behavior of someone.
• moral judgment


  assessment to the act of stealing as wrong
• moral dilemma


  Going beyond the matter of choosing right over wrong, or good over bad
• moral dilemma


  Considering instead the more complicated situation wherein one is torn between choosing one of two goods or choosing between the lesser of two evils
• moral dilemma


  A mother wanting to feed his hungry child but then recognizing it would be wrong to steal