The branch of philosophy that studies morality or the rightness or wrongness of human conduct

These are rules that are unrelated to moral or ethical consideration

Only they can possess or practice values such as love, honor, social relationships, forgiveness, compassion and altruism.

These refer to cases involving network of institutions and operative theoretical paradigms

These refer to ethical cases encountered and resolved by social organizations

This cannot be said to be moral for it has no freedom or choice but to work according to what is commanded based on its built-in program

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Ethics is considered as a normative study of human actions for it is concerned with norms of conduct

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Rules generate a stable system that provides justice, in which even the richest and most powerful have limitations on what they can do

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Non-moral standards are not only rules or principles in society, but they take precedence over other considerations, including aesthetic, prudential, and even legal ones

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Morality requires and allows choice, which means the right to choose even differently from our fellows

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Most philosophers hold that unlike humans, human beings posses some traits that make it possible for them to be moral

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Dealing with human actions and reasons for action, ethics is also concerned with character

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The word 'ethics' is derived from the Latin ethos, which means 'character', or in plural, 'manners'

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Moral dilemmas arise even in professional work

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Copyright and patents help protect people's intellectual property

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Basic examples of moral standards include rules of etiquette, fashion standards, rules in games, and various house rules

Foundation of Morality

Minimum requirement for Morality

Sound _________ helps us evaluate whether our feelings and intuitions about moral cases are correct and defensible.

__________ involves the idea that each individual's interests and point of view are equally important.

_________ , the most dominant form of moral relavitism, defines "moral" as what is 'socially approved' by majority in a particular culture.

The word 'ethics' is derived from the Greek _______, which means '________', or in plural, '_______'

IMPORTANCE OF RULES:

Rules protect social beings by ________

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Rules help to guarantee each person certain _____ and ______

IMPORTANCE OF RULES:

Rules produce sense of _______ among social beings

IMPORTANCE OF RULES:

Rules are essential for a healthy _______ system

CHARACTERISTICS OF MORAL STANDARDS:

Moral standards involve ___________ or ___________

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Moral standards ought to be _________ to other values

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Moral standards are not established by _________

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Moral standards have the trait of _________

Only humans can be ethical:

Only human beings are _________ , ________ and ________

Only humans can be ethical:

Only human beings can act ______ or ________

Only humans can be ethical:

Only human beings are part of the _______

This refers to cumulative deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, attitudes, meanings, hierarchies, religion, notions of time, roles, spatial relations, concepts of the universe, and material objects and possessions acquired by a group of people in the course of generations through individuals and group striving.

The sum total of the learned behavior of a group of people that are generally considered to be of tradition of that people and are transmitted from generation to generation

Morality requires and allows _______, which means the right to choose even differently from our fellows

CHARACTERISTICS OF MORAL STANDARDS:

Moral standards are based on ________

CHARACTERISTICS OF MORAL STANDARDS:

Moral standards are associated with special ______ and ______

An extension of the principle of consistency, that is, one ought to be consistent about one's value of judgement

This indicates the practical or action-guiding nature of moral standards.

KEY FEATURES OF A MORAL DILEMMA

An agent is required to do each of two (or more) ______

KEY FEATURES OF A MORAL DILEMMA

An agent can do each of the actions; but the agent ________ both (or all) of the actions.

TRUE OR FALSE: BAD CONSEQUENCES OF CULTURAL RELATIVISM

We could say that customs of other societies are morally inferior to our own

TRUE OR FALSE: BAD CONSEQUENCES OF CULTURAL RELATIVISM

We could decide whether actions are right or wrong just by consulting the standards of our society

TRUE OR FALSE: BAD CONSEQUENCES OF CULTURAL RELATIVISM

The idea of Moral Progress is in doubt

Different cultures have different moral codes. Therefore, there is no "objective" truth in morality. Right and wrong are only matters of opinion, and opinions vary from culture to culture.

This fundamentally believes that no act is good or bad objectively, and there is no single objective unversal standard through which we can evaluate the truth of moral judgements.