5. Descriptive Definition of Morality
Morality refers to certain codes of
conduct put forward by a society or
a group, or accepted by an
individual for her own behaviour
6. Normative Definition of Morality
Morality refers to code of conduct
that, given specific conditions,
would be put forward by all rational
people
7. Minimum Concept of Morality
Morality is, at the very least, the effort
to guide one’s conduct by reason –
that is, to do what there are the best
reason for doing – while giving equal
weight to the interests of each
individual affected by one’s action
8. What is Right?
Right usually denotes to us an idea
of being correct.
My action is the correct action to do
9. What is Right?
Rights are entitlements (not) to
perform certain actions, or (not) to
be in certain states; or entitlements
that others (not) perform certain
actions or (not) be in certain states
10. What is Good?
The Good usually is a synonym of
the words right, and morality.
You did a good job. It means we
made an action that is acceptable
11. What is Good?
The “good” denotes more towards
an idea of “eudaimonia” or
happiness.
12. What is Legal?
Legal simply highlights the aspect
of morality in the realm of social
and systematic dynamics.
Legal mean one follows rule and
regulation
15. References
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