Ethics and Morality

1. ETHICS UNDERSTANDING
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Understand the meanings/importance of Ethics
2. Differentiate Ethics from Morality
3. Cultivate a sound moral judgment
4. Uphold good moral practices

2. INTRODUCTION

4. Man as a Rational Being

6. UNDERSTANDING ETHICS
The word "ethics" is derived from the
Greek "ethos" (meaning "custom" or
"habit“ . Ethics is not limited to specific
acts and defined moral codes, but
encompasses the whole of moral ideals
and behaviors, a person's philosophy of
life

7. Example of Ethics
 Acceptance
 Charity
 Respect
 Compassion
 Responsibility
 Empathy
 Equality
 Integrity
 Justice
 Transparency

8. UNDERSTANDING ETHICS
Morality came from the latin
word “Moralis” custom or
character in which people do
things refers to what we call
moral code of conduct

9. Example of Morality
 Tell the truth
 Do not cheat
 Respect our lives and the lives of others
 Be generous
 Be loyal
 To live according to the rules of society
 Dot not envy
 Altruism
 To live according to the will be God
 Do not do to others what we would not like them do
to us

10. WHY STUDY ETHICS/
IMPERATIVES OF ETHICS
Christopher Panza and Adam Potthast
1. Ethics allows you to live an authentic life.
 An authentic life and meaningful life requires you
to live with a sense of integrity.
 Integrity is making commitments and sticking
through thick and thin – no matter how much
violating them may benefit you. Having a firm
character or set of principles to guide your life
and the choices you make is what ethics is all
about.

11. WHY STUDY ETHICS/
IMPERATIVES OF ETHICS
Christopher Panza and Adam Potthast
2. Ethics makes you more successful.
 You may think that ethics can hold you back in all
kinds of ways, but the truth is the opposite. Ethical
people embody traits that unethical people have to
work at to fake – they’re honest, trustworthy, loyal,
and caring. As a result, ethical people are perfectly
suited not only for interpersonal relationships
generally, but also more specifically for the kinds of
interactions that make for thriving business.
Unethical people generally don’t do so well at these
things.

12. WHY STUDY ETHICS/
IMPERATIVES OF ETHICS
Christopher Panza and Adam Potthast
3. Ethics allows you to cultivate inner peace.
Lives that are lived ethically tend to be
calmer, more focused, and more
productive than those that are lived
unethically.

13. WHY STUDY ETHICS/
IMPERATIVES OF ETHICS
Christopher Panza and Adam Potthast
4. Ethics provides for a stable society.
 When people live ethical lives, they tell the truth, avoid
harming others, and are generous. Working with such people is
easy. On the other hand, callous and insensitive people are
distrusted, so it’s difficult for them to be integrated well into
social arrangements.
 A stable society requires a lot of ethical people working
together in highly coordinated ways. If society were mostly
composed of unethical people, the society would quickly
crumble.

14. WHY STUDY ETHICS/
IMPERATIVES OF ETHICS
Christopher Panza and Adam Potthast
5. Ethics may help out in the afterlife.
 Some religious traditions believe ethics is the
key to something even greater than personal
success and social stability : ETERNAL LIFE. No
one can be sure about an eternal life, but
people of faith from many different religions
believe that good behavior in this life leads to
rewards in the next life.

15. UNDERSTANDING ETHICS
 THREE DIVISIONS OF ETHICS
 1. META-ETHICS. It studies the origin and meaning of various ethical
principles/theories; branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of
ethical properties, statements, attitudes, and judgments.
 NORMATIVE ETHICS. It takes on the question “how to know the
principles that will make us conform to right behavior to avoid wrong conduct. A
normative ethical theories try to deliver a guideline for people to do the
right/moral thing. An example of normative ethics are asking; ”what I ought to
do” – It is also called prescriptive ethics
 APPLIED ETHICS. It involves the evaluation of particular ethical issues. A
branch of ethics with respect to real-world actions and their moral considerations
in the areas of private and public life, the professions, health, technology, law,
and leadership. It includes for instance social and political ethics, computer
ethics, medical ethics, bioethics, environmental ethics, business ethics, and it
also relates to different forms of professional ethics.