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GNED 02:

ETHICS
CORE SUBJECT
CHAPTER 1

ETHICS v MORALS
AN INTRODUCTION
WHAT ISETYMOLOGICALLY
PHILOSOPHY? AND ESSENTIALLY
PHILOSOPHY, ETYMOLOGICALLY
• as coined by Pythagoras, it came from
Greek words; philos which means love,
and sophia which means wisdom

• “love of wisdom”
WHAT KIND OF LOVE?
• EROS - a passionate, intense desire for something. Sexual
desires

• AGAPE - paternal love of God to humanity

• PHILIA - fondness and appreciation of family, friendship,


community and discipline, seeks the truth

• Philosophy is the love of attaining the truth of reality


WHO ARE THE LOVERS OF WISDOM?
• Lovers of PLEASURE, SUCCESS, and
WISDOM

• All humans have inherent desire to


know and understand reality

• Wisdom is only possessed by those


who have utilized knowledge for the
benefit of self and the society.
PHILOSOPHY, ESSENTIALLY
• philosophy is the search for meaning, the ultimate reality

• understanding the mysteries of


existence and reality

• it doesn’t create, invent nor


discover new facts, instead takes an
in-depth and comprehensive view
of information and truth
IMPORTANCE OF PHILOSOPHY
• to develop a cultured, well-defined, and well-rounded
individual

• develop comprehension and critical thinking

• develop own philosophy in life necessary in directing own


lives
DISCIPLINES IN PHILOSOPHY
• LOGIC - study of right and sound reasoning

• EPISTEMOLOGY - study of validity of knowledge

• METAPHYSICS - explain the fundamental concept of being

• AESTHETICS - study of beauty

• COSMOLOGY - study of real things in the universe


DISCIPLINES IN PHILOSOPHY
• THEODICY - study of GOD and HIS nature

• SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY - study of human and their relation to


society

• ETHICS - science of morality of human acts


DEFINING
ETHICS & MORALS
RULES
• Instructions that tells us
what we are allowed/
not allowed to do

• imperative statements
that governs human
conducts
MORALS
• From Latin word “mos” which means
character

• beliefs and values practiced an individual


or group that directs people to do what
is customarily allowable as right or
refrain from wrong or “taboo”

• A personal conviction
ETHICS
• From Greek word “ethikos” which means character

• a guiding principle
as to decide
whether an action
is good or bad

• Moral Philosophy
IMPERATIVE OF ETHICS
HUMAN FREEDOM
• The inherent human power to act or not act that makes us
responsible with our actions
IMPERATIVE OF ETHICS
EXISTENCE OF GOD
• Without God’s
existence that
postulate human’s
belief, humans will find
no reason to do good
and avoid evil.

• God alone give the


final judgment
IMPERATIVE OF ETHICS
IMMORTALITY OF SOUL
• If there’s no life after
death where good deed
are not rewarded and evil
doers are punished, then
there’s no sense at all to
lead a better life
MORAL AND NON MORAL
STANDARDS
DEVELOPMENT OF MORAL STANDARDS
• absorbed from various social institutions (family, friends,
education, etc.)

• postulated by accepted cultural practices and established


societal norms
MORAL STANDARDS
• determines about actions that is believe to be morally right
and deter us from doing what is considered wrong

• based on mores and practices that allow actions as good in


specific time and place

• Failure to submit may be subjected to appropriate sanctions


MORAL STANDARDS
• Stealing is wrong

• Telling lies is wrong

• Environmental preservation
is the right thing to do

• Freedom with responsibility


is the right way
NON-MORAL STANDARDS
• rules that are unrelated to moral or ethical considerations
(etiquette, fashion standards, games rules, house rules, etc.)

• lack ethical/moral sense

• considered as folkways
NON-MORAL STANDARDS
• No talking while your
mouth is full

• Submit school
requirements on time

• Pronounce words correctly

• Don’t be late at school


CHARACTERISTICS OF MORAL STANDARDS
• Moral standards involves serious wrongs or significant
benefits

• Moral standards ought to be preferred to other values

• Moral standards are not established by authority figures


CHARACTERISTICS OF MORAL STANDARDS
• Moral standards have the trait of universalizability

• Moral standards are based on impartial considerations

• Moral standards are associated with special emotions and


vocabulary
PREPARED BY:
GERALD JOHN M. FAMPULA
INSTRUCTOR
Gerald John Fampula
[email protected]

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