MORALITY AND IMPARTIALITY

I. MORALITY
Morality is the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that
are distinguished as proper and those that are improper. Morality can be a body of
standards or principles derived from a code of conduct from a particular philosophy,
religion or culture, or it can derive from a standard that a person believes should be
universal.
Any definition of “morality” in the descriptive sense will need to specify which of the
codes put forward by a society or group count as moral. Even in small homogeneous
societies that have no written language, distinctions are sometimes made between
morality, etiquette, law, and religion. And in larger and more complex societies these
distinctions are often sharply marked. So “morality” cannot be taken to refer to every
code of conduct put forward by a society.

II. IMPARTIALITY
Impartiality (also called evenhandedness or fair-mindedness) is a principle of justice
holding that decisions should be based on objective criteria, rather than on the basis of
bias, prejudice, or preferring the benefit to one person over another for improper
reasons. It makes no discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or
political opinions. It endeavors to relieve the suffering of individuals, being guided solely
by their needs, and to give priority to the most urgent cases of distress.
Fundamental Principle of Impartiality
The text under the Fundamental Principle of Impartiality includes the following
elements:
 It makes no discrimination - and this does not apply only to people it assists
or protects. Non-discrimination is the refusal to apply distinctions of an
adverse nature to human beings simply because they belong to a specific
category. This does not exclude differences in the treatment given to people
placed in different situations on the basis of, for example, sex or age. Five
criteria which could lead to discrimination are mentioned: nationality, race,
religious beliefs, class or political opinions.
 all those in need shall be helped, yet to treat everyone in the same way
without taking into account how much they are suffering, or how urgent their
needs are, would not be equitable. Impartiality means that, for the Movement,
the only priority that can be set in dealing with those who require help must be
based on need, and the order in which available aid is shared out must
correspond to the urgency of the distress it is intended to relieve.
  it establishes one of its values: non-discrimination, which is one of the most
important elements of all aspects of the protection of the human being:
human rights law, humanitarian law, refugee law.
In conclusion, the rational being must translate his attitude into acts. Since he
has no overriding reason to act in one way or the other apart from the necessary
attitude in question, which is the product of his rational consideration of his
situation, it will clearly be less rational to act as though he attached more worth to
the interests of one as opposed to the other for no ultimately justifiable reason.
To choose rationally in ignorance, and in an awareness of one’s ignorance, is to
choose from the point of view of complete impartiality. And in so far as
impartiality is characteristic of morality, to fulfil one’s rational obligation is eo ipso
to fulfil one’s moral obligations as well.

References:
https://www.ifrc.org/en/who-we-are/vision-and-mission/the-seven-fundamental-principles/
#:~:text=Impartiality,about%20the%20principle%20of%20Impartiality.

https://www.ifrc.org/en/who-we-are/vision-and-mission/the-seven-fundamental-principles/
impartiality/

http://ensani.ir/file/download/article/20151230144557-10025-6.pdf