This document discusses ethics and culture. It defines ethics as the rational justification of moral principles and behavior. It outlines some key components of ethics like judging right and wrong. It also discusses different perspectives in ethics like consequentialism, egoism, and cultural relativism. The document then defines culture as the set of customs, beliefs, and ideologies followed by a group. It lists some elements of culture, including values, norms, symbols, language, and knowledge. Finally, it notes that cultural diversity arises from differences in religions, rituals, people, understandings, and societies between groups.

1. THE WAY OF LIVING
Ethics and culture

2. Ethics
Morality
Moral Behavior
Rational justification
Ethics: The disciplined study of the rational
justification of moral principle and moral behavior

3. Components of ethics
• Criteria of judging right and
wrong, good and evilMorality
• Human behavior towards
any situation and it’s moral
judgment
Moral
behavior
• Justification of a matter from
different point of view in a
deliberate way
Rational
Justification

4. Root level of ethics
Ethical Dilemma
Confusion Debate
Different Perspectives
Theory Ideology
Etiquette
Social and official life Public behavior

5. Different ethical perspective
• Also known as utilitarianism
• Concern with maximum happinessConsequentialism
• Related to Individual’s self interestEgoism
• Beliefs, customs, and ethics are relative to
social contextCultural Relativism
• The ethics is not same for both man and
womanFeminism

6. Culture: The set of society and custom
 Set of custom, belief, ideology that is followed by a
group of people
 Traditional point of view that is followed by a
community

7. Elements of culture
• Criteria for judging right and wrong
Value
• Rule of guideline that says how to
behave in a particular situationNorm
• Gesture and different sign that express a
particular meaningSymbol
• Verbal and written symbols that can be
used for communication withLanguage
• Body facts and practical skills that
people accumulate over timeKnowledge

8. Cultural diversity: The combination of culture
• Different
Religion
• Different
Rituals
• Different
type of
people
• Right
and
wrong
Different
Understanding
Different
society
Different
Beliefs
Different
customs