FRAMEWORK

AND PRINCIPLES
BEHIND OUR
MORAL
DISPOSITION
ADVISOR

Prof. Luis DL. San Juan

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Framework is the basic

structure underlying a system
or concept
In Ethics, it refers to a set of
assumptions, concept, values,
and practices as a way of
viewing a reality

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META-ETHICS
Is the branch of Ethics that
studies the nature of morality
It also explains what goodness
and wickedness mean and how
we know about them

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I Classification of Meta-Ethics

COGNITIVISM

State that moral judgments

convey proposition, “they are
truth bearers” or “they are either
true or false

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I Classification of Meta-Ethics

TYPES OF
COGNITIVISM

Moral Realism
Ethical Subjectivism

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I Classification of Meta-Ethics

NON-COGNITIVISM
Denies that moral judgments are
either true or false

It claims ethical sentence do not

convey true or false

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TYPES OF NON-
COGNITIVISM

EMOTIVISM - It claims that moral

judgment are mere expression of
emotions and feelings

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MORAL
THEORIES OR
FRAMEWORKS
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NORMATIVE ETHICS

Is the branch of ethics that studies

how man ought to act morally
speaking
evaluates standards for the rightness
and wrongness of actions and
determines a moral course of action

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KINDS OF NORMATIVE ETHICAL THEORIES

DEONTOLOGY
Also called: nonconsequentialism, the
system’s principles are claims as
obligatory, regardless of the
consequences that actions might
produce
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TELEOLOGY
Greek word ‘telos’ which means ‘end’

Claims an action as morally right if its

favorable consequences are greater
than its outcomes

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Also called: consequentialism,

morality is determined by a cost-
benefit evaluation of action’s
consequences

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VIRTUE ETHICS

As a moral system, places emphasis

on developing good habits of
character, like kindness and
generosity

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TYPES OF
ETHICAL
THEORIES
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BIOETHICS

This concern ethical issues

pertaining to life, biomedical
researches, medicine, health
care and medical profession.

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ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
It deals with moral issues
concerning nature, ecosystem
This includes issues such as
animal rights, animal
experimentation, endangered
species preservation, pollution
control
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BUSINESS ETHICS
It examines moral principles
concerning business
environment
It involves issues about
corporate practices, policies,
business behaviors, and the
conducts of individuals in the
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SEXUAL ETHICS
It studies moral issues about
sexuality and human sexual
behavior
It examine topics like
homosexuality, lesbianism,
polygamy, pre-marital sex

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SOCIAL ETHICS
It deals with what is right for a society
to do and how it should act as a whole
Some issues under this are those about
racial discrimination, death penalty,
nuclear weapon production, gun
control, drug use for fun, and welfare
rights
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