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Title: ETHICS and MORALITY


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ETHICS and MORALITY
  • Walter Swett
  • Quinsigamond Community College

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Moral Philosophy
  • Study of what is
  • right and wrong
  • virtuous and evil
  • in human conduct and among groups

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Are there any absolutes?
  • Ten Commandments
  • Thou Shalt Not Kill
  • exceptions?
  • Incest
  • exceptions?

4
Moral Rules - Gert 1976
  • must apply universally, without consideration of
    time, place, person or group
  • must specify action to be taken or avoided
  • must be obeyed without restriction on who should
    obey
  • must be understandable by all rational persons
  • must be capable of being followed or being broken
  • EXAMPLES????????

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MORAL THEORIES
  • NATURAL LAW
  • UTILITARIAN
  • DEONTOLOGICAL
  • PRAGMATIC

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ETHICS
  • Rules of conduct recognized in respect to a
    particular class of human action
  • NORMATIVE ETHICS
  • META-ETHICS

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Morals-Ethics-Values-Attitudes
  • Morals - core of ones values
  • Values- enduring beliefs on which a person acts
    by preference (worth and meaning)
  • Ethics- rules which govern conduct towards
    specific persons and society

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  • Attitudes- position indicating action, feeling or
    mood state of readiness to act in a certain way
  • Etiquette- manners/polish in human interactions

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What are symbols of morality?
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NATURAL LAW
  • There is a higher authority (determinant) than
    man
  • These natural laws define what is morally
    appropriate
  • Man must seek to understand natural law

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UTILITARIAN THEORY
  • An action is right if it produces at least as
    great a balance of VALUE over DISVALUE as any
    alternative action

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DEONTOLOGICAL THEORY
  • An action is right IF it is required by a DUTY
    which is as strong as any other duty under the
    circumstances
  • Example - protecting ones family by
  • killing an attacker

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PRAGMATIC THEORY
  • Right and Wrong are products of human experience,
    man is key as he seeks to subdue nature
  • Notions of Right/Wrong are products of human
    reasoning and what society agrees is right
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