Ethics

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Ethics

• -Opening Questions
• -Area of Study
• -Terms
• -Goals
• -Guiding Questions

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Opening Questions

• 1). How do you know if youve made a morally
  right or morally wrong decision?
• 2). What is more important in evaluating the
  morality of an action ones intention or the
  result of ones action?
• 3). Should one act Morally? Explain why/why not.

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Areas of Study

• -Ethics is the study of right and wrong. In
  Ethics, one examines questions of value.
• -Not searching for truth or ultimate reality.
• -This topic asks us to search for the best way to
  live our lives.

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Terms

• Morality a set of principles or rules that guide
  our actions.
• Duty What one ought to do (or not do) based upon
  ones position or moral principal
• Ethics set of principles and aims that allow us
  to live with clarity and confidence (sensible)
• Good Life The reason to develop moral philosophy
  (the reason to accept moral principles and rules)

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Terms Continued

• Duty Defined Morality Moral framework based upon
  principles that must not be broken or must be
  followed Morality is determined by the principle
  itself, not the results.
• Consequentialist Theories Moral Framework based
  upon the result of actions No rule must be
  followed, instead good results determines that
  morality of decisions.

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Terms Continued

• Relativism Belief that morals change from
  society to society, time period to time period.
• Absolutism Belief that there are some morals
  that do not change over time or in different
  contexts.

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Goals of the Unit

• Goals
• -Understand the different moral frameworks in
  philosophical history
• -Evaluate your own framework for determining
  right and wrong
• -Understand the difference between
  relativism/absolutism duty-defined/consequentiali
  st theories

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Guiding Questions

• 1). Who is the most moral person you know?
• 2). What makes this person moral in your
  opinion?
• 3). Are there any moral codes in your society
  which you feel are wrong/cruel/immoral?
• 4). What is a moral belief that you hold?
• 5). What is a moral principle that you believe
  everyone should follow?