Philosophy

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is the study of ethical behaviour, and is the branch of philosophical ethics that investigates the questions that arise regarding how one ought to act, in a moral sense.

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Normative Ethics

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is the study of moral thought and moral language. Rather than addressing questions about what practices are right and wrong, and what our obligations to other people or future generations.

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Meta Ethics

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Well known anthropologist in his article entitled Folkways our notion of what is ‘right’ stems from man’s basic instinct is to survive.

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William Sumner

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The traditional behavior or way of life of a particular community or group of people.

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Folkways

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Considered right and good by most people: agreeing with a standard of right behavior.

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Morals

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Existentialist philosopher, assumes the idea of radical freedom by claiming that man is condemned to be free.

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Jean-Paul Sartre

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Author of the book “Ethics: Modern Conception of the Principle of Right (1955)”, here are two necessary conditions for morality to occur: Freedom and Obligation

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John Mothershead

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is assumed when one is making his choices and is the agent that is taking full responsibility in planning his life, and in the process, planning and budgeting his actions for some future outlook or goals.

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Freedom

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An act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment.

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Obligation

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He said that conduct refers to deliberate human action.

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Mothershead

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A way of behaving, thinking or feeling that is not learned.

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Instinct

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are basic and fundamental beliefs that guide or motivate attitudes or actions. They help us to determine what is important to us.

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Values

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concern themselves with right and wrong. They also define what is socially acceptable, good or evil. They are ideas that society considers important. They are at play when a person interacts with the wider world or has to make a decision that will have a consequence on others.

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Moral Values

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An action is considered morally good because of some characteristic of the action itself not because the product of the action is good.

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Deontological Ethics

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Said that deontological ethics presumes that actions are thought to have intrinsic value in their own right.

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Dupre

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Greek _____ “end”
_____ “science”
theory of morality that derives duty or moral obligation from what is good or desirable as an end to be achieved

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Teleological Ethics