What have we learned about the ethical process?

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What have we learned about the ethical process?
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What Is Ethics?

• The definition
• Ayn Rand
• Ethics is a civil (societal) virtue
• Qualities of an ethical person
• Ethics is also about self-restraint

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The Philosophical Schools of Thought

• Absolutism
• Relativism
• Empiricism
• Hedonism
• Quietism
• Cynicism

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The Ethical Vocabulary

• The Ethical Terms Sheet

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The Beginnings of Ethics

• Plato
• Aristotle
• Epicurus
• Immanuel Kant
• John Stuart Mill Utilitarianism

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How To Make Ethical Decisions

• Formalism
• Relativism
• Contextualism