The Ethical Dimension of Human Existence Flashcards
(37 cards)
deals with principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of the person, society, and in interaction with the environment and other shared resources
Ethics
pertains to the standards of right and wrong that an individual originally picks up from the community
Morality
about matters such as good thing that we should pursue and the bad thing that we should avoid
Ethics
right ways in which we could or should act and the wrong ways of acting
Ethics
refer to initiation rites in which neophytes may be subjected to various forms of physical abuse
Hazing
derived from the Greek word aesthesis
Aesthetics
judgements of personal approval or disapproval that we make about what we see, hear, smell or taste
Aesthetics
From what Greek word was aesthetics derived from and what does it mean?
aesthesis - “sense” or “feeling”
From what Greek word was techniques/technical derived from?
techne
(right or wrong things to do) may not necessarily be a matter of ethics
technical valuation
concerns on the right or wrong actions that we maintained in the society we belong, but these transgressions might be considered not quite grave enough to belong in the discussion on ethics.
Etiquette
word used to oppose ethical
unethical
word used to oppose moral
immoral
sometimes used to describe those situations or contexts that are neither right or wrong morally speaking but fall outside the domain of ethics
Amoral
may be used to refer a specific beliefs or attitudes that people have or to describe acts that people perform
Morals
suggests a more rational dimension at work
Moral Judgements or Moral Reasoning
acknowledged as an intellectual discipline belonging to philosophy
Ethics
ethics for the proper comportment of professionals and other people in their own field of profession
Professional Ethics
reports how people, particularly groups, make their moral valuations
Descriptive Study of Ethics
often done in moral philosophy or moral theology
Normative Study of Ethics
prescribes what we ought to maintain as our standards or bases for moral valuation
Normative Discussion
situation that calls for moral valuation
Moral Issue
one is placed in a situation and confronted by the choice of what act to perform
Moral Decision
when a person is an observer making an assessment on the actions or behavior of someone
Moral Judgement
