Chapter 1 Flashcards
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The Empirical study of moral decisions, it is a discipline concerned with whats morally good and bad.
Ethics
Deals with what humans must do or how human beings should be
Moral Philosophy
Discipline that relies on meaning, seeking to address non moral questions about morality
Meta Ethics
Examine how humans respond to a moral question
Normative Ethics
refer to the guidelines we have on the types of acts that we find to be
morally permissible and morally unacceptable.
Moral Standards
is a situation in which a decision-
maker must give preference to one moral principle over another.
Moral Dilemma
freedom is the right to control one’s actions based on reason, not desire.
All of this can be simplified to the definition of autonomy.
Kants Philosophy
Autonomy came from the greek term which translates to
Self Legislator
according to kant what should be used to decide how
people will behave. He did not attempt to recommend concrete action but advised that ____
should be used to decide how to behave.
Reason
Irrespective of our wishes or desires, a
binds us as everyone has a responsibility not to lie, regarless of conditions
and even though it is in our interest to do so.
Categorical Imperative
one that we must fulfill
if we are to satisfy our desires or command conditionally on your having a relevant desire.
Hypothetical Imperative
a broad and diverse collection of often
intangible areas of social life.
Culture
means that we do not judge a society by our own criteria of what is right
or wrong, odd or natural. Rather, we will make an effort to understand the cultural traditions of
other communities in their own cultural context.
Cultural Relativism
Characteristics of filipino culture
Very Resilient
Take Pride in their families
Hospitable
religious
respectful
help one another
values culture
longest Christmas
Loves art and architecture
Weakness of filipino culture
Kanya Kanya Syndrome
Lack discipline
Extreme personalism
Lack of Initiative
Colonial mentality
Lack of Self analysis
moral theory that contends that there are no objective
universal moral rules, and the moral rules that do exist are culturally bound. In other words, there
is a negative claim that there are no moral claims such as that killing is wrong that would apply to
every culture, and there is a positive claim that there are moral rules, but they vary depending on
culture, society, and context.
Cultural Relativism
means something that a person or a group believes has a value that merits
being sought, promoted, or privileged. This can be a thing (money, food, art), a state of mind
(peace, protection, certainty), or a behavior that results from those things or states of mind
(protecting innocent people, telling the truth, being creative).
Value
can be be unerstood in two ways. First, it could be that
something has universal value because everyone finds it important. Second, it could have universal
value when all people have reason to believe it has value.
Universal Values
is the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect.
Dignity
earned and cannot be taken away from anyone. It must be preserved so that
the respect of others is maintained.
Dignity
is having and maintaining ‘good
public relations.’ This is usually being practiced to avoid clash with other people or a certain group.
Just like other Filipino values, ‘pakikisama’ can work either positively or destructively.
Pakikisama
very important to Filipinos. It is recognizing and
returning the favor to that person in the same measure who help them in times of need
Utang na Loob
Filipinos in accepting the food that are offered to them. Even though
they are hungry, they will feel sense of shame accepting the food given to them or they will say
that they are not yet hungry.
Hiya / Kahihiyan
’ has been characterized as the
high degree of sensitivity that makes a person intolerant to criticism and causes him to have an
easily wounded pride
Amor propio
