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GED 107- ETHICS as interpretation and justification of

moral statements.
MODULE 1: WHAT IS ETHICS?
ETHICS
IMPORTANCE OF ETHICS
- Empirical study of moral decisions.
- Concerned with what is morally - Can provide true, specific
good and evil, right and wrong. guidance to our lives.
- derived from the Greek word - Help direct us to cope more
“ethos” (tradition, habit, character, effectively with ethical dilemmas
or attitude. - through ethics people can
- Systematic analysis of the nature determine the difference between
of human actions. right from wrong, good and bad
- Divided into NORMATIVE and - people can eliminate actions that
META-ETHICS. do not conform to what is right
- people will be very careful to the
NORMATIVE ETHICS
actions and decisions to make
- Address our questions about the - people will not be disturbed of the
essence of human behaviour. internal and external factors of not
- Whether or not a particular act doing the right thing
should or should not be carried - establish good habits of
out. characters of a person
- Seeks to examine how human - come up to rational decisions in
beings respond to a moral facing an ethical dilemma
question. - it makes a person responsible in
- Aims to clarify and prescribe the family, school and society
common expectations on what - a person becomes sensitive to the
human beings should do to interact needs of others more than himself
with others in society and in a or herself
meaningful way. - reminds a person to fully need
conscience in decision making and
TWO FIELDS OF NORMATIVE ETHICS a person can acknowledge the
MORAL PHILOSOPHY actions made.

- Deals with moral ideas such as


what human beings must do or MORAL STANDARDS
how human beings should be.
- Moral obligation - guidelines we have on the types of
- Meaning of the act acts that we find to be morally
- Purpose of the act permissible and morally
unacceptable.
APPLIED ETHICS -
- Discusses strong and basic moral
issues linked to abortion.
META-ETHICS
- Discipline that relies on meaning
- Seeks to address non-moral
questions about morality(nature of
moral statements, purpose and
significance of moral facts as well

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