PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Flashcards
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It is a system of moral principles.
ETHICS
Greek word which means habit or
character.
ETHOS
It identifying and building principles of right or wrong conduct.
ETHICS
System of belief and behavior (PRINCIPLE)
ETHICS
It distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.
MORALITY
It help us to distinguish between right and wrong.
MORALITY
MORAL
HONESTY
RESPECT
RESPONSIBLE
IMMORAL
DISHONESTY
DISRESPECT
DISRESPONSIBLE
The word ‘normative’ is an adjective which comes from the word ‘NORM’,
STANDARD
RULE
It focus on what they makes an action a moral action.
NORMATIVE ETHICAL THEORIES
Greek DEON, meaning
OBLIGATION
NECESSITY
THAT WHICH IS BINDING
It tell you what your moral duties are.
DEONTOLOGICAL THEORIES
Respect for persons
KANT’S THEORY
Theory of morality on categorical imperative command.
THEORY OF MORALITY ON CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE COMMAND.
Greek word TELOS, meaning
END
GOAL
PURPOSE
Examples of deontological theories
DO NOT STEAL
DO NOT MURDER
It state that those action are ethical which lead to the right ends consequence.
TELEOLOGICAL THEORIES
This school of thought justifies the action “CONSEQUENCES OF ACTION”.
TELEOLOGICAL THEORIES
Example of teleological ethical
ROBIN HOOD ACTION
It judged by consequences.
CONSEQUENTIAL THEORIES
A good or right action is which produces the best consequences overall in the situation.
CONSEQUENTIALIST THEORIES
The focus is on the value of the consequence of the rule.
CONSEQUENTIALIST ETHICS
These are no inherently right or wrong acts.
CONSEQUENTIALIST ETHICS
Consequentialist theories have to be ‘predictive’, in order to bring about the best consequences of the act.
CONSEQUENTIALIST THEORIES HAVE TO BE ‘PREDICTIVE’,IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT THE BEST CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACT.
