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ETTHICS

WHAT IS ETHICS?

Presented by:
Kim M. Velasco
A.Y 2020-2021
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LEARNING OBJECTIVE
1. Discuss the definition, nature, and importance of
ethics to an individual and society.
2. Explain the difference between moral standards
and non-moral standards.
3. Enumerate the characteristics of moral standards
to easily identify its dissimilarities to non-moral
standards.
4. Explore how moral standards are form
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WHAT IS ETHICS?
Ethics or moral philosophy can be provisionally described as the
empirical study of moral decisions. It is a discipline concerned with what
is morally good and evil, right and wrong.
Moreover, ethics is a systematic analysis of the nature of human
actions. It is concerned about the correctness and wrongness of the act.
An act is deemed to be right or wrong, based on the intent,
circumstances, or character of the act itself. As a philosophy, is a very
important discipline because it involves critical thinking, as it explores
and describes fundamental beliefs, standards, ideals, and traditions.
This is thus a higher level of human discipline.

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NORMATIVE AND META-ETHICS


Ethics is divided into two:
1. Normative ethics, by definition, examine whether or not a
particular act should or should not be carried out.
There are two fields of normative ethics: moral philosophy and
applied ethics or practical ethics. Moral philosophy deals with
moral ideas such as what human beings "must do or how human
beings should be." This also deals with our moral obligation, the
meaning of the act, or the purpose of the act. On the other hand,
applied ethics is a philosophy that discusses strong and basic
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NORMATIVE AND META-ETHICS


Ethics is divided into two:
2. Meta-ethics is a discipline that relies on meaning. It is a science that is
seeking to address non-moral questions about morality. Those refer to
questions about the nature of moral statements, the purpose and
significance of moral facts, and concerns about the interpretation and
justification of moral statements.

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Pablo Borbon
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IMPORTANCE OF ETHICS
 Allows us to say right from wrong, good from the bad.
 Provide true, specific guidance to our lives
 Help direct us to cope more effectively with ethical dilemmas by removing
actions that do not adhere to our sense of right and wrong–our own moral
interests–without compromising others
 People will be very careful to the actions and decisions to make
 Establish good habits of characters of a person
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Pablo Borbon
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IMPORTANCE OF ETHICS
 Come up to rational decisions in facing an ethical dilemma
 It makes a person responsible in the family, school and society
 Reminds a person to fully need conscience in decision making and a
person can acknowledge the actions made
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Pablo Borbon
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THE DIFFERENCES OF MORAL AND


NON-MORAL STANDARDS
Countries and nations rich or poor, developed and underdeveloped have
their own set of laws, policies, cultures, traditions, customs, and beliefs. It
may be acceptable to other countries but not acceptable to others. Some
principles and values have social consequences, whereas some do not. It is
a matter of moral indifference, that is, a matter of taste in one society may
be a matter of moral meaning in another. For this reason, people need to
recognize the difference between moral principles and non-moral ones, to
define the basic ethical values that can direct our actions.
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COLLEGE
COLLEGE OF
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NURSING ANDAND ALLIED
ALLIED HEALTH
HEALTH SCIENCES
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Pablo Borbon
Borbon Main
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THE DIFFERENCES OF MORAL AND


NON-MORAL STANDARDS
Moral standards normally promote the common good, that is, the welfare and
well-being of human beings, animals, and the environment. Moral standards
are a blending of norms and values. Norms as standards are basic guidelines
regarding human acts. Values, though, are universal convictions as to what is
acceptable, desirable, and beneficial or not.

There are several characteristics of morals standards as mentioned by


Velasquez (2012) such as and vocabularies such as:
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CHARACTERISTICS OF MORAL
STANDARD
(1) Moral standards entail serious harm or benefit. Examples of this are the
following: theft, the murder of innocent people, respect others, a feeding
program for the poor.
2) Moral standards are not determined by authority figures. Moral values
should always be upheld, even though they are at odds with self-interest.
Cheating on examination is an example wherein the students should not
cheat during exams.
(3) Moral standards should be adopted over other values, including self-
interest. Moral standards should always be retained even if they are at
stake with self-interest.
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COLLEGE OF
OF NURSING
NURSING ANDAND ALLIED
ALLIED HEALTH
HEALTH SCIENCES
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Pablo Borbon
Borbon Main
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CHARACTERISTICS OF MORAL
STANDARD
(4) Moral standards are focused on objective considerations. The basis of
considerations and decisions must not be favorable only to a particular
person or group. Anyone who commits mistakes and wrongful acts then is
punished accordingly. It must be an unbiased or impartial consideration
(5) Moral standards are perceived to be universal. We want everyone to live
up to these norms and feel resentful when somebody doesn't live up to
them. Moral standards believed to be universal as it is applicable anywhere
and anytime
(6) Moral standards are correlated with different feelings and vocabulary. If
anyone doesn't live up to the norm or standards, he will feel guilty, bad, and
wrong
Batangas
Batangas State
State University
University
COLLEGE
COLLEGE OF
OF NURSING
NURSING ANDAND ALLIED
ALLIED HEALTH
HEALTH SCIENCES
SCIENCES –– Pablo
Pablo Borbon
Borbon Main
Main 11

THE DIFFERENCES OF MORAL AND


NON-MORAL STANDARDS
Non-moral standards, on the contrary, apply to laws which are not related to
social or legal considerations. Perhaps these criteria are not inherently
related to morality or, by their very definition, lack of ethical sense.
Examples of non-moral standards are the following: etiquette, statutes, code
of professional ethics.
Etiquette is a decorum, propriety means reverence for the formal criteria
governing conduct in a civilized society. Etiquette refers conventional ways
and uses the rules of etiquette. Decorum implies modesty and a sense of
what is becoming or is fitting for a person of good breeding: a fine sense of
decorum
Batangas
Batangas State
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COLLEGE OF
OF NURSING
NURSING ANDAND ALLIED
ALLIED HEALTH
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Pablo Borbon
Borbon Main
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HOW MORAL STANDARDS ARE FORMED?

(1.)the moral values or principles that we with, in our rearing


(2) the character and manners that imbibed with us by means of birthright
(3) the religious values that our forefathers taught us
(4) the values we learned from school
(5) the moral conduct, ways and habits of those people around us
(6) the direct and implied cultural norms
(7) our life experiences
(8) our critical thinking in these experiences.
Batangas
Batangas State
State University
University
COLLEGE
COLLEGE OF
OF NURSING
NURSING ANDAND ALLIED
ALLIED HEALTH
HEALTH SCIENCES
SCIENCES –– Pablo
Pablo Borbon
Borbon Main
Main 11

ACTIVITY!!!

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