ETHICS AND CULTURES

1. ETHICS
Wylie A. Baguing

2. •Derived from the Greek word
“ethos”, which means “way of
living”.

3. •Ethics is a branch of philosophy
that is concerned with human
conduct.
•Ethics studies what is morally
right or wrong, just or unjust.

4. Three General Subject Areas of
Ethics

5. •Metaethics investigates where our ethical
principles come from, and what they mean.
•Normative ethics takes on a more practical
task, duties that we should follow or even the
consequences of our behavior to others.
•Applied ethics involves examining specific
controversial issues.

6. •The reasonable obligations to refrain
from rape, stealing, murder, assault,
slander, and fraud.
•Have empathy. Don't steal. Tell the
truth. Treat others as you want to be
treated.

7. Relevance to
Education

8. •Ethics in Education are
important because they assist
to run the system smoothly.
•The Ethics sets the standards
of what's acceptable and what's
not.

9. •A classroom should promote
safety, security, and
acceptance, and should always
avoid bullying, hostility, neglect,
dishonesty or offensive
conduct.

10. •Teachers should show an equal
level of decorum to all
students.
•They must be morally sensitive,
and aware of how their actions
can affect their students

11. Ethics =
Morals + Reasoning

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