Lesson 3 - Ethics Flashcards
Where did the Ethics word originate?
From the greek word “ethos”
What does “ethos” means?
Character
It is a moral code that guides how an individual should behave. As a branch of knowledge, it deals with moral principles.
Ethics
Ethics can be connected to morality?
True
It deals with a diverse prescription of universal concepts and principles is it serve as foundation of moral beliefs.
Ethics
Who said reality can be viewed in different perspectives — As a law, as an inner conviction, as love, as personal growth, and a Social transformation.
Donal Harrington
What is the other term for ethical relativism?
Moral relativism
It is a school of ethicy anchored on the principle that morality is relative to the norms of a particular culture. It is a theory based on norms relative to a particular culture of society.
Ethical Relativism
Who are the persons who coined the term Ethical Pragmatism?
Charles Sanders Peirce and further developed by William James.
It is a philosophical movement that includes those who claim that an ideology or proposition is true if it works satisfactorily.
Ethical Pragmatism
This school of ethics states that the rightness or wrongness of actions is determined by their consequences.
Ethical Utilitarianism
Who formulated the “Actions are good insofar as they tend to promote happiness, bad as they tend to produce unhappiness. The utility or usefulness of an action is determined by the extent to which it promotes happiness rather than its reverse.”
Mill
Who was a philosopher and the founder of modern utilitarianism.
• Jeremy Bentham
It argues that the only way to determine which behaviors are right or wrong is to assess their consequences.
Ethical Utilitarianism
Where did the morality word originate?
From the latin word “mos”
