Policijska Etika - 1. Ispit

Policijska Etika - 1st Exam

• Ethics core questions: Why should we do what we ought to do? Why is good, good?
• Identifying good/bad conduct: Examples are discussed on page 27.
• Four types of Conduct: Moral, Conventional, Reasonable, Legal.
• Moral Responsibility: Involves logical evaluation and understanding of right and wrong actions.
• Modern Ethical Theories: Proposed by George Edward Moore in 1903, aiming to define "good" through various categories.
• Defining "Good": An undefined concept, linked to terms like useful, correct, and positive.
• Natural Ethics: Based on generally accepted beliefs about human conduct. (Focuses on the goodness, honesty, and benevolence of actions.)
• Theory of Natural Selection: Suggests continual adaption to environment, focusing on survival of the fittest. (Links to evolutionary change).
• Hedonism: Prioritization of pleasure and enjoyment in life.
• Utilitarianism Core Principles: Happiness/pleasure is the only inherent value. Actions are right if they promote happiness, and wrong if they produce unhappiness. Everyone's happiness counts equally.
• Metaphysical Ethics: "Good" exists independently of the human world.
• Relation between Ethics & Conduct: Ethics provides guidelines for morals and conduct, influencing decisions and actions leading to favorable outcomes.
• Core Functions of Ethics: Cognitive, Regulatory, Persuasive.
• Cognitive Function: Descriptive (creating moral values), analytic-synthetic (analyzing moral components), explicative (exploring cause-and-effect).
• Regulatory Function: Differentiating right from wrong, establishing rules.
• Persuasive Function: Influencing behavior through shared beliefs.
• Police Ethics Distinction: Developed as a distinct field over time due to complexities of police work.
• Areas of Police Ethics Study: Civil and professional conducts, codes governing police practice.
• Purpose of the Textbook: Develop critical thinking, awareness of Macedonian values, explain ethical expectations, outline ethical theories relevant to the police career, identify police culture and connect it to police ethics, illustrate ways to act ethically.
• Modern Policing: Combating diverse criminal activities including drug trade, arms trafficking, and underage alcohol consumption.
• Police Profession and Culture: Emphasis on professionalism, regulation, and understanding ethical frameworks (e.g. codes of conduct) as a part of police work. Key considerations include the proper use of force and ethical decision-making within the profession.
• Limitations of Police Culture: Potential for skewed perspectives, unhelpful sentiments (i.e. cynicism or indifference), insufficient consideration and documentation of force used.
• "Speech and Action" Principle: Requires consistency between statements and actions, a vital principle for police operations.
• Interoperability: Cooperation between different parts of the force.
• Police Subculture Complexities: Challenges in ethical decision-making due to interactions with internal or external conflicts. Includes urban myths, interpersonal conflicts and interactions, and issues related to training and experiences.