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Ethical Deliberation
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 Ethical Deliberation
Which means that ethical deliberation is the
careful filtering and weighing of one’s ethical
principles and concepts.

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 Religion
Trust
Firm belief in the reliability, truth,
ability, or strength of someone or
something.

Faith
Complete trust or confidence in
someone or something.

Love
An intense feeling of deep affection.

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Moral Development

Pre-conventional Conventional Post-conventional

- Reasoning is centered on -Reasoning centered on -Reasoning is based on

the direct consequence of what society regards as one’s rationality
an action. right. regardless one follows the
rules of the society.

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Ethics and Morals

While Ethics is our

standards, Morals
stands as our
personal sense of
what is right and
wrong.

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Important Ethical Behavior in Society

Honesty Respect Integrity Loyalty Selflessness

Free of deceit and Due regard for the
untruthfulness; sincere. feelings, wishes, rights, or
traditions of others.
The quality of being Faithfulness to
honest and having strong commitments or
moral principles; moral obligations. faithful
uprightness. adherence to a sovereign,
government, leader,
cause, etc.
Concern more with the
needs and wishes of
others than with one's
own.

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 When encountered with an ethical
issue, it is important to take in
consideration that it is rare to come
up with only one correct response
that will be applied. The information
provided in the next slides; however,
it serves as a guide to assist you to
Solving Ethical Problems make professional and ethically
responsible decisions.

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Ethical Decision-making Framework
This framework provides a technique for exploring ethical dilemmas and identifying ethical courses of action. The
flowchart below outlines the steps in the ethical decision-making process.

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The following are the description of each step:

1. Recognizing that there is an ethical question

- requires you to think about how you should act and what you should do in a given situation

2. Understanding the facts of the situation

- requires you to consider how you can learn more about the situation

3. Understanding the options available to you

- requires you to identify and understand each option available to you

4. Understanding the consequences of the options

- requires you to work out how different parties will be affected by each option

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The following are the description of each step:

5. Testing the option you plan to take

- requires you to consider the possible effects of all the different options

6. Explaining the option you have decided on to those affected and to other
interested parties
- requires you to be able to justify your actions in a logical and straightforward manner ; if you cannot explain your
actions, then it is more likely that you are acting on the basis of your feelings or prejudices

7. Acting on the chosen option

- requires you to consider how you will go about implementing your decision

8. Reflecting on the outcome

- requires you to assess how your decision turned out and what you learnt from this specific situation

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Questions
Scenarios

You are a lawyer that haven’t lost a single case, one day your best friend — a multi-billionaire man — was charged
of murder and plead ‘innocent’ about the killing of his wife, his son, his 2 daughters, and three male friends of his
wife. Once you talked to the man, you’re convinced that he killed all of them. Looking at the evidence gathered by
the police — you are convinced that you will win the case because the evidences are flimsy except for one. The only
person that knows about this evidence is the both of you ad this evidence is the only thing that links the murder
directly to him.
The man offered you a deal that he will destroy the evidence in exchange for $50,000,000. Will you accept the offer?

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Questions
Scenarios

You are a member of a new member of a gang — you’ve already killed five people of a rival gang, robbed multiple
houses and people on the street. One day you and your friends decided to rob a rich and influential man. Once inside
you notice a peculiar room inside of the house. You open the door and was shocked from what you see — multiple
images of underage girls and boys doing adult stuff with the man inside a bulletproof glass cabinet. You and your
friends wonder if you will call the police or not because calling them would reveal your identities and all the illegal
things your gang did, Afterall anonymous calls will not work on an influential man that can bribe anyone.

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Questions
Questions

Do you believe that ethics doesn’t define your essence as human being but your morals do?

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Questions
Questions

Since ethics is the standard rules of conduct while morals is our personal sense of right and wrong. Do you believe
that ethics doesn’t define the essence of your being but only your morals do? Or do you believe that both ethics and
morals define your essence as a human?

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Questions
Questions

Since ethics is the standard rules of conduct while morals is our personal sense of right and wrong. Do you believe
that ethics doesn’t define the essence of your being but only your morals do? Or do you believe that both ethics and
morals define your essence as a human?

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Thank You
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Cabiles, Christian Jay E.

Carballo, Joey Glenn M.
Carlos, Christopher S.
Labastida, Mary Jean M.

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