 The study of a branch of knowledge or
experience's conceptual frameworks is
Ethics
-Philosophy
Morality
 A western Philosopher that identifies
knowledge with virtue
-Socrates
Glaucon
Plato
 The ring of Gyges bestowed
___________ on its bearer.
Prudence
Wealth
-Invisibility
 If cultural relativism is true, what
happens when the moral code of a
society changes?
Such changes always indicate moral
progress.
-Such changes never indicate moral
progress.
It is impossible for a society's moral code to
change, according to cultural relativism.
 What does it imply if I declare, "The
death penalty is immoral," according
to ethical subjectivism?
The death penalty is objectively morally
wrong.
-I disapprove of the death penalty.
My society disapproves of the death penalty.
 Which of the following would a
cultural relativist not accept?
Different societies have different moral
codes.
-Some societies have better moral codes
than others.
There are no objective moral standards.
 Glaucon wished to refute the notion
that justice is a(n) _________ choice
between doing wrong without being
punished and suffering wrong without
the ability to resist.
-Evil
Means
Good
 Someone who can use moral reasoning
to direct his or her actions and hence
is deserving of praise or condemnation
is a Moral Agent
-True
False
 It is a view that moral beliefs and
practices vary with and depend on the
human needs and social conditions of
particular culture.
-Cultural Relativism
Moral Subjectivism
Moral Objectivism
 Which is not a function of a culture
Culture unifies people in ways that only
those who belong in that society understands
-Culture influences our concept of morality
Culture divides different societies because
of varied traditions and practices.
 It refers to society's perception of
what constitutes a proper way of life.
It accomplishes this by providing
norms, principles, and values that we
can use to guide our behavior.
-ETHICS
 It refers to a set of rules that anyone
who fits certain intellectual and
volitional criteria, almost always
requiring the condition of rationality,
will follow.
-MORALITY
 It is the study of what is morally good
and bad, as well as what is morally
correct and wrong.
-ETHICS MetaEthics
 A study that refers to the Aretaic Ethics
philosophical concept of morality Applied Ethics
endeavors to understand moral  It relates to how moral principles are
concepts and justify moral principles. applied in practice. It is ethics in the
-ETHICS areas of private and public life, the
 It is a discipline of philosophy that professions, health, technology, law,
and leadership, with regard to real-
investigates the nature of morals and
world acts and their moral
how people should live in relation to
considerations.
one another.
Descriptive Ethics
-ETHICS Normative Ethics
 Its subject is the nature of ultimate MetaEthics
value and the standards by which Aretaic Ethics
human activities may be considered -Applied Ethics
right or wrong, and its principal  It is the systematic effort to explain
concerns are the nature of ultimate moral concepts and justify moral rules
value and the standards by which and theories.
human actions can be judged right or Descriptive Ethics
wrong. Normative Ethics
-ETHICS -MetaEthics
 It's a concept or viewpoint motivated Aretaic Ethics
by a desire to be good. Applied Ethics
-MORALITY  It is a division of ethics that focuses on
 It mainly relates to ideals that serve as the virtues produced in the people, not
a guide. the morality of specific acts.
-MORALITY Descriptive Ethics
 Specific norms and activities, or Normative Ethics
behaviors, are referred to by this MetaEthics
term. -Aretaic Ethics
Applied Ethics
-MORALITY
 It is a sociological discipline that
 It has to do with a person's right and
attempts to describe the morals of
wrong actions in a given situation.
society, often by studying other
-MORALITY
cultures.
 It is concerned with morally correct
-Descriptive Ethics
and wrong standards. It entails the
Normative Ethics
development of moral principles that
MetaEthics
have direct implications for human
Aretaic Ethics
behaviors, institutions, and lifestyles. Applied Ethics
Descriptive Ethics
-Normative Ethics
 The study of specific, controversial  It is a type of scientific data that
moral topics such as abortion, divorce, examines at people's attitudes
animal rights, war, and euthanasia individually or in groups. To put it in
underlies this field of ethics. other words, this is the branch of
Descriptive Ethics philosophical or general ethics
Normative Ethics concerned with observing the moral
MetaEthics decision-making process in order to
Aretaic Ethics describe it.
-Applied Ethics -Descriptive Ethics
 It examines a person's virtue or moral Normative Ethics
character rather than ethical MetaEthics
Aretaic Ethics
obligations and laws or the
Applied Ethics
repercussions of specific behaviors.
Descriptive Ethics
Normative Ethics
MetaEthics
-Aretaic Ethics
Applied Ethics
 A branch of ethics that studies the
meaning of moral language, often
known as epistemology of ethics
Descriptive Ethics
Normative Ethics
-MetaEthics
Aretaic Ethics
Applied Ethics
 A kind of ethics that conveys moral
advice such as this: "Act as a virtuous
person would in your situation."
Descriptive Ethics
Normative Ethics
MetaEthics
-Aretaic Ethics
Applied Ethics