ETHICS

CN:4520
GE20
GINA GALON-RAPATAN
INSTRUCTOR
INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
ETHICS IS THE RATIONAL REFLECTION ON WHAT IS WRITE, AND WHAT IS WRONG, WHAT IS JUST, AND WHAT IS UNJUST,
WHAT IS GOOD, AND WHAT IS BAD IN TERMS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
SOME ETHICAL PRINCIPLES ARE:
 TRUTHFULNESS
 HONESTY
 LOYALTY
 RESPECT
 FAIRNESS
 INTEGRETY
ORIGIN OF ETHICS
• THE WORD "ETHICS" IS DERIVED FROM THE GREEK WORD ETHOS (CHARACTER), AND FROM THE LATIN WORD MORES
(CUSTOMS). TOGETHER, THEY COMBINE TO DEFINE HOW INDIVIDUALS CHOOSE TO INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER.

• ETHICS ARE AN ARRANGEMENT OF DECENT PRINCIPLES & A BRANCH OF ATTITUDES WHICH DEFINES WHAT IS GOOD
FOR INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY.

• THERE ARE WELL KNOWN FIGURES IN THE HISTORY OF ETHICS, GREEK PHILOSOPHER PLATO AND ARISTOTLE, MODERN
INFLUENCES INCLUDE SUCH PEOPLE AS IMMANUEL KANT, JEREMY BENTHAM, JOHN STUART MILL, & D.W. ROSS
MEANING OF ETHICS

• ETHICS REFERS TO THE EVALUATION OF MORAL VALUES, PRINCIPLES & STANDARDS OF HUMAN CONDUCT
& ITS APPLICATION IN DAILY LIFE TO DETERMINE ACCEPTABLE HUMAN BEHAVIOR,
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