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An unexamined

life is not
worth living.
INTRODUCTION

I. Video Clips on Definition,


Branches, and Origin of Philosophy
II. Definition of Ethics

Etymological Meaning
Greek word – ‘ethos’
- cultural custom or habit
- a characteristic way of acting
Real Meaning
- a practical science of the morality of
human conduct
- also a philosophical science that studies the
rightness or wrongness of a human action
- Ethics is concerned with questions of how
human persons ought to act, and the search for a
definition of a right conduct and the good life
Science
- a complete and systematically arranged
body of data which relate to the morality of
human conduct and presents the reasons
which show these data to be true
- If the data of a science directly imply rules or
directions for thought or action, it is called
practical science.
- If the data of a science enrich the mind
without directly implying rules or directions, it is
called speculative science.
Practical
- presents truths that are to be acted upon
- Ethics presents data which directly imply
and indicate directions for human
conduct.
Human Conduct
- refers only to such human activity as is
deliberate and free
Human Act- a deliberate and free act, an act
performed with advertence and
motive, an act determined by the
free will
Acts of Man - acts performed by human beings
without advertence, or without
exercise of free choice
Human Conduct
- human acts make human conduct

Morality
- refers to the agreement or disagreement
of human activity with the dictates of reason
ETHICS vs. MORALITY

ETHICS
- theory of right action and the greater
good
- the systematic study of the
underlying principles of morality
ETHICS vs. MORALITY

MORALITY
- prescriptive in nature
- tells us what we ought to do and
exhorts us to follow the right way
TYPES OF ETHICS

1. Normative Ethics
- prescriptive in nature as it seeks to
set norms or standards that regulate
right and wrong or good and bad conduct
- normally attempts to develop guidelines or
theories that tell us how we ought to
behave
2. Metaethics
- descriptive in nature
- aims to understand the nature and
dynamics of ethical principles
- asks questions about the nature and origin of
moral facts, as well as the way in which we learn
and acquire moral beliefs
3. Applied Ethics
- the actual application of ethical or moral
theories for the purpose of deciding which
ethical or moral actions are appropriate in a
given situation

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