Understanding the General Concept of Ethics

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Ethics refers to the concepts of right and wrong ______

conduct

Ethics consist of the rules of ______

behavior

Ethics are the principles that guide us to make a positive impact through our decisions and ______

actions

Applied ethics is a branch of ethics devoted to the treatment of moral problems, practices, and policies in personal life, professions, technology, and ______

government

The need to study ethics is emphasized because many have been harmed by lack of attention to ______

ethics

Acts of a man refer to actions that are involuntary and ______

instinctive

Voluntary acts include activities like sleeping, eating, and drinking, which are part of our daily and ______ activities

socially learned

Human acts involve intentional and deliberate actions driven by conscious choices, free will, and ethical reasoning, reflecting an individual's moral agency and the capacity for ethical ______

decision-making

Moral or ethical acts are human acts that observe or conform to a standard or norm of ______

morality

Immoral or unethical acts are human acts that violate or deviate from a standard of ______

morality

Involuntary natural acts include actions like the blinking of the eye, beating of the heart, sneezing, yawning, breathing, and ______

scratching

It uses the general ethical principles in an attempt to resolve a specific moral problem or apply ethical principle to situations. FORMS OF ETHICS 2. NON-NORMATIVE ETHICS - either describes or evaluates moral attitudes or statements a. Descriptive/Scientific b. Meta-______ NON-NORMATIVE ETHICS a. DESCRIPTIVE/SCIENTIFIC It is the scientific or descriptive study of morality which involves the factual investigation of moral behavior; concerned with how people do in fact behave b. META-ETHICS It is highly technical discipline investigating the meaning of ethical terms, including a critical study of how ethical statements can be verified. It does not propose any moral principles or norms for action; it consists solely of philosophical analysis. THANK YOU ! CREDITS: This presentation template was created by Slidesgo, and includes icons by Flaticon, and infographics & images by Freepik

ethics

It uses the general ______ principles in an attempt to resolve a specific moral problem or apply ethical principle to situations.

ethical

NON-NORMATIVE ______ - either describes or evaluates moral attitudes or statements a. Descriptive/Scientific b. Meta-ethics

ethics

It is the scientific or descriptive study of morality which involves the factual investigation of moral behavior; concerned with how people do in fact behave b. Meta-______

ethics

META-______ It is highly technical discipline investigating the meaning of ethical terms, including a critical study of how ethical statements can be verified.

ethics

____ ethics maintains that the action is right only if it is in the interest of the agent or the doer of the act

Ethical Egoism

____ ethics asserts that the morality of the action depends on the situation and not the application of moral laws to the case

Situational Ethics

____ ethics holds that the Will of God is what determines the rightness or wrongness of an act

Theological Ethics

____ of legalistic morality determines right or wrong based on a clearly stated and well-documented body of laws

Legalism

____ ethics is a reasoned search for principles of human conduct, including a critical study of the major theories about what things are good, what acts are right and what acts are evil

General Normative Ethics

____ ethics is an attempt to explain and justify positions on specific moral problems or issues like capital punishment, abortion, discrimination

Applied Normative Ethics

Explore the fundamental concepts of ethics, including right and wrong conduct, morality, and rules of behavior. Learn how ethics guide individuals to make positive impacts through their decisions and actions.

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