BOHOLST, JEWERLY MAE

B.S CRIMINOLOGY 3RD YEAR BLOCK A

Progress Activity No. 1

Discuss the following questions:

1. What is discussed in the video?

The video is about ethic. Ethics is concerned with what is good for individuals
and society and is also described as moral philosophy. The term is derived from the
Greek word ethos which can mean custom, habit, character or disposition. Here they
discuss about ethics in Greek Tradition which is Good life and Happiness and the Judeo-
Christian which is righteousness before God; love of God and Neighbor. If we do an
effort to understand this two we are able to define between doing what is right and being
happy.

2. Is ethics the same with morality? Explain.

Ethics is not the same with morality. Ethics is a science of morals and Morality is
a practice of ethics It says that Ethics is theory of right action and the greater Good or a
systematic study of the underlying principles of morality while Morality practice,
rightness or wrongness of human action or prescriptive and it tells us what we ought to do
and exhorts as to follow the right way.

3. Discuss the normative ethics, metaethics and applies ethics in the given situation: a
police officer shoots a terrorist, who is about to blow up a crowded shopping mall.

Normative ethics address us to do good at all times. Metaethics ask the question
what is good? Applied ethics is the third major type. Applied ethics is the actual
application of ethical or moral theories for the purpose of deciding which ethical or moral
actions are appropriate in the given situation.

A police officer shoots a terrorist, who is about to blow up a crowded shopping

mall. In metaethics, the actof the police officer is morally wrong because it is always
wrong to kill. But if the police officer did not shoot the terrorist, many innocent people
will be in danger. In normative ethics says that it is the right thing to do specially in those
kind of situation. In case he did not shoot the the terrorist in may result of more damage
and can be the source of death of many people and the action can be morally correct. And
last, the Applied Ethics says that the police officer is just doing his best to fulfill his duty
and serve and protect.
 It affects the decision making of the individual on how he chooses to take
someone’s life than that terrorist killed the people in the building. The factors are being
considered in making a decision, is what are the morally and right thing to do in those
kind of situation. What is heavier on your scales? Is it the life of a single person whose
motive is to harm many innocent people, or the lives of many people in the area? Maybe
it is morally wrong to take one’s life but to save the lives of innocents as the result of it.
Why not?

4. How do ethics affect an individual’s behavior in a given situation? What are the
factors being considered in making a decision?

Ethics are the guide lines for behaving morally. We care on how are our actions
affect others. We have the sense of morality or right or wrong. This guides us to believe
in a certain values. Values in turn help us make ethical decision choices that we feel good
about. If we know what is morally right thing to do. In the given situation, Amber is
getting paid more than her wage, and amber imagine herself in Mr. Anderson’s place,
she don’t want somebody is lying to her. The second situation says that unfortunately
there is no formula for acting ethically, you have to judge by individual situation. Ethics
just guide as for our decision making. It depends on us on how we react. It helps as define
the condition of what is the good choice. To figure out on these choices what is the best
option we can take.

5. Watch the following videos and give your personal reactions about the topics
discussed in each video.

In the first video, they discuss the foundation of ethics. Ethics and Morality are
just the guidelines on our behavior it says here what is good and bad and it depends on us
what we going to choose. Second is about the different reaction in ethics in different
religious believes.in terms of religion we can’t just say that the one is wrong and the
other is right. These is what they believe is right and okay. There are differences of what
we think and what we believe. Ethics is about the quality of our decisions. Ethics is the
might be the tool that helps us create the difference between the good and bad decisions.

6. Watch this video on the link: using what you have learned from the video think of a
scenario appropriate to you, as a criminology student (your future profession, police
officer), wherein the principles of ethics can be discussed, and explain it.

In this video they gave the five Ethical principles. First the beneficence or to
promote good, the second is Nonmaleficence or to do no harm. Here I learn that as a
future police officer is you need to promote good and arrest the bad ones. But you must
treat them in humane way. I should respect them even they are criminals. Being a police
officer needs the veracity(honesty) in all times, Honesty to your job, to your co
 workmates and honesty to yourself. I will make a decision depending of knowing the
truth. The last principle is justice or fairness. You can’t just tell who’s wrong and who’s
right without having an investigation. I have to be fair in my decision at all times.

7. Discuss the modifiers of human acts (refer to your module)

Modifiers of Human Acts allude to things that influence man's information,
opportunity and voluntaries in the presentation of a demonstration, making them less
impeccably. Likewise considered deterrents of human act that effects or forestall an away
from of the object of the demonstration or debilitate the occurring of a human
demonstrations in its foundations by reducing forestalling the assent of unrestrained
choice.

Various modifiers of Human Act are:

I. Ignorance of the law and obliviousness of truth. The positive is the nonattendance
of information an individual should know and adverse which nonappearance of
information an individual isn't required to have.

II. Passion or Concupiscence are solid human driving forces or propensities toward
the ownership of something great or shirking of something evil; energy are neither
acceptable and wickedness, however impassive.

III. Fear is an extraordinary sort of lust unsettling influence of the psyche brought
about by the idea of an undermining malevolent or undesirable inclination or tension.

IV. Violence is a motivation from without tending to drive the specialist to act against
his decision.

V. Habit is status for doing a specific they gained by ordinary and persistently doing
likewise act.

8. Watch this video and discuss how respect is shown in the application of ethics in our
rights and the rights of other people.

In rights theory an action or decision that respects the rights of other people would
be considered ethnically correct. Respect is the key word in explaining rights theory.
Also respect is the foundation of rights theory. Respecting other people is ethically and
morally correct. Even you have the right to speak it doesn’t give you the right to
discriminate other people.
9. Watch this video and give the kinds of rights of a person.

First we have the natural rights, second is moral right, third is human rights and
the last is legal right which is divided by civil rights, political rights and economic rights.
Natural rights are those that are not dependent on the laws or customs of any particular
culture or government, and so are universal, fundamental and inalienable they cannot be
repealed by human laws, though one can forfeit their enjoyment through one's actions,
such as by violating someone else's rights. Moral rights are personal rights that connect
the creator of a work to their work. Moral rights are about being properly named or
credited when your work is used, and the way your work is treated and shown. Moral
rights require that your name is always shown with your work. This is called right of
attribution. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and
torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many
more. Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination. A legal right is an
interest accepted and protected by law. Also, any debasement of any legal right is
punishable by law. Legal rights affect every citizen. Legal rights are equally available to
all the citizens without the discrimination of caste, creed & sex

10. Watch this video. How does your attitude towards your co-workers or classmates
affect the school of work environment you are in?

Attitude is an evaluation of an attitude. This ranging from extremely positive to

extremely negative. It may affect your environment from being good or bad. A good
attitude attracts more positive vibes in school or in work place. Your environment
respects you toward the good attitude you gave to your classmates or workmates. it may
easier to you to have a lot of friends, than having a bad attitude towards others.