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    This document provides an overview of ethics. It defines ethics as the study of what is right or good in human conduct or character. It is the science of morality. Morality is derived from customs or habits and can refer to a code of conduct from a particular culture, philosophy or religion. Ethics analyzes concepts like right and wrong and seeks to establish principles to guide behavior, while morality refers more to what is seen as right or wrong by a society. The document also lists some classifications of ethics including metaethics/analytic ethics, normative ethics and applied ethics. It notes that ethics is important to study as it helps people think before acting and make ethical decisions, especially as professionals.

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    This document provides an overview of ethics. It defines ethics as the study of what is right or good in human conduct or character. It is the science of morality. Morality is derived from customs or habits and can refer to a code of conduct from a particular culture, philosophy or religion. Ethics analyzes concepts like right and wrong and seeks to establish principles to guide behavior, while morality refers more to what is seen as right or wrong by a society. The document also lists some classifications of ethics including metaethics/analytic ethics, normative ethics and applied ethics. It notes that ethics is important to study as it helps people think before acting and make ethical decisions, especially as professionals.

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    ETHICS

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    This document provides an overview of ethics. It defines ethics as the study of what is right or good in human conduct or character. It is the science of morality. Morality is derived from customs or habits and can refer to a code of conduct from a particular culture, philosophy or religion. Ethics analyzes concepts like right and wrong and seeks to establish principles to guide behavior, while morality refers more to what is seen as right or wrong by a society. The document also lists some classifications of ethics including metaethics/analytic ethics, normative ethics and applied ethics. It notes that ethics is important to study as it helps people think before acting and make ethical decisions, especially as professionals.

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    DE MESA, ARIANNE RAY P. | ONG, LANCE JOSEF A. | ADRIANO, VERONICA ISABELLE L.


    ETHICS

    What is Ethics?
    The word ethics comes from the Greek ethos which
    means customs or habits.

    Ethics is the study of what is right or good in human


    conduct or character. Ethics is also the ‘science of
    the highest good.’ It is the science of morality.
    ETHICS

    Morality
    The word moral is from the Latin
    mores which also means customs
    or habits.

    Morality can be a body of


    standards or principles derived
    from a code of conduct from a
    particular philosophy, religion, or
    culture.
    ETHICS

    Ethics Morality
    It analyzes concepts such as right It is a effort to guide one’s conduct
    and wrong. It seeks to establish by reason, giving equal weight to
    principles of right behavior that the interests of each individual who
    may serve as guides will be affected by what one does.
    Guiding principles of conduct of Rightness or wrongness of an
    an individual or group. action.
    Influenced by profession, field, Influenced by society, culture, and
    organization, etc. religion.

    Ethics VS Morality
    ETHICS

    Why should we
    study Ethics?
    ETHICS

    Ethics is used in our daily lives.

    It helps us to think
    more before we act.
    ETHICS

    Ethical issues are


    becoming more
    subjective and
    confusing.
    ETHICS

    The rise of social


    media has made
    people distracted.
    ETHICS

    Ethics applies to
    social norms and
    rules.
    ETHICS

    Ethics is the core


    of all decisions.
    ETHICS

    Ethics helps us in
    being future
    professionals.
    ETHICS

    Classifications of Ethics
    Metaethics or Analytic Ethics

    Branch of Ethics where the focus is to study the


    nature of morality and ethical language.

    How do people use the terms 'good'. 'bad', 'right'.


    or 'wrong'?
    ETHICS

    Classifications of Ethics
    Normative Ethics

    It studies ethical actions, determining whether


    someone's actions are morally right or wrong. This
    judgement is often based on the action's
    consequences, or whether a rule was violated.
    ETHICS

    Classifications of Ethics
    Applied Ethics

    It is concerned with the application of ethical


    theories in moral practices. It involves the ethical
    actions or rules followed in different such as in the
    medical field, business, etc.
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