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Civics PPT 1-2
Civics PPT 1-2
It refers theories about what human beings are capable of doing, alongside
accounts of what they ought to do if they are to live an ethically good life.
Ethical questions are not concerned with what one would do (an essentially
psychological concern) but what one ought to do.
Judgments about ethical decisions are expressed with words like right and
wrong, should and ought, or obligation and duty.
Cont…
Thus, the specific act of telling the caller you were home could
be described as moral or immoral. But what makes any act moral
or immoral, right or wrong fall within the province of ethics.
moral problems refer to specific problems, such as ―Is lying
ever right?‖ or ―Is stealing always wrong?
ethical problems as being more general and theoretical.
Thus, ―what makes any act, such as lying or stealing, right or
wrong?‖ and ―what makes any entity good?‖ are ethical
problems.
In short, morality refers to the degree to which an action
conforms to a standard or norm of human conduct.
Ethics refers to the philosophical study of values and of what
constitute good and bad human conduct.
Cont…
Generally, ethics is:
Ethics establish the standards, norms, or Is the conformity of human behavior to the
codes to be followed by human beings are established code of conduct .If an action
the study of morality, moral principles, and conform to the established code, it is called
moral decision making. moral ,if not immoral
Is the development of reasonable standards Refers to the effort to guide one‘s conduct
and procedures for ethical decision-making by reason while giving equal weight to the
interests of each individual who will be
affected by one‘s conduct
Set of normative rules of conduct that Has to do with what one should do, all
govern what one ought to do when the well- things considered, not what, in fact, any of
being, or duties to oneself, others or us will so in a particular instance
institutions is at stake.
The Importance/Goal of Moral and Civic Education
Death penalty
The ethical doctrine that an action is right if, and only if, it promotes
the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
utilitarianism with the best consequences for the majority
It has often been the basis of legislative and judicial advances, social
reforms, welfare movements, and egalitarian ideals.
Identified with the English philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John
Stuart Mill
Act- And Rule-Utilitarianism
alternative.
deontology.