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Ethics
Prelim
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Meant to set order in society | Rules |
| Meant for nan | Rules |
| Comes from the greek word ethos meaning custom | Ethics |
| Deals eith morality | Ethics |
| The latin equivalent | Moral |
| A branch of philosophy which deals with moral standards, inquiries about the goodness or badness | Ethics |
| Are guidelines that help people makr decisions and behave in their personal lives | Personal ethics |
| Refers to principles and values that guide individuals snd societies in making decisions that promotes harmonious coexistence | Social ethics |
| A method of understanding moral issues from the perspective of systematic faith and practice | Religious ethics |
| A set of principles that guides the behavior of a person or group in a business environment | Professional ethics |
| The application of ethical values to business behavior | Business ethics |
| The adjective describing a human act as either ethically right or wrong | Moral |
| Are norms or prescriptions that serve as the framework for determining what ought to be done | Moral standards |
| Rules or expectations that guide behavior without considering ethical or moral implications | Non moral standards |
| Based on matters of taste or preference | Non moral standards |
| 2 classification of the theories of moral standards | 1. Consequence standard (teleological) 2. Not only consequence standard (deontological) |
| Moral standards are based on consequences standards | Consequence standard |
| State that rightness or wrongness of a rule depends on the consequences or the good that is produced in following rule | Consequence standard |
| An ethical theory that suggest the rightness or wrongness of an action is determined solely by its consequence | Consequentialism |
| An ethical theory that determines right from wrong by focusing on structure | Utilitarianism |
| Holds that the most ethical choice is the one that will produce the greatest good | Utilitarianism |
| Holds that the rightness or wrongness of an action does not only defend or rely on the consequence of that action | Not only consequence standard (deontological) |
| God is the most ultimate source of what is moral | Theist |
| God is not source of morality | Non theist |
| A situation where a choice must be made between two or more options are equally undesirable or unacceptable | Dilemma |
| A problem in the decision make between two possible options | Moral dilemma |
| Also referred to as ethical dilemma | Moral dilemma |
| When someone presents only two choices as if they're the only possibilities | False dilemma |
| Refers to individual dilemmas | Personal morals dilemma |
| These dilemma are experienced and resolved on the individual/ personal level | Person moral dilemma |
| 3 classifications of personal dilemma | 1. Moral 2. Ethical 3. Financial |
| When a person must choose between action that are both right or wrong morally | Moral |
| When a person must balance their values, duties, rights and obligations | Ethical |
| When a person must choose between financial safety security and pursuing their passion | Financial |
| A situation where an organization must choose between multiple options that each have advantages/disadvantage | Organizational dilemma |
| Conflict between groups, institution or sectors that are affected by decisions made at a higher level | Structural moral dilemma |