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    This document discusses key concepts related to morality, including: - Morality involves standards of right and wrong that guide individual and group behavior, and the lessening of harm is a goal of morality. - Moral standards refer to norms about acceptable and unacceptable actions, while non-moral standards lack an ethical component. Characteristics of moral standards include involving serious consequences and impartial considerations. - Moral dilemmas arise when moral standards conflict or when following one standard requires violating another. Culture influences moral development and standards through its dynamics and advantages/disadvantages of cultural relativism are discussed.

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    This document discusses key concepts related to morality, including: - Morality involves standards of right and wrong that guide individual and group behavior, and the lessening of harm is a goal of morality. - Moral standards refer to norms about acceptable and unacceptable actions, while non-moral standards lack an ethical component. Characteristics of moral standards include involving serious consequences and impartial considerations. - Moral dilemmas arise when moral standards conflict or when following one standard requires violating another. Culture influences moral development and standards through its dynamics and advantages/disadvantages of cultural relativism are discussed.

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    The Moral Agent

    Lesson 2: Philo 101


    CONTENT
    01 Morality
    • key features of morality 02 Standards and Dilemmas
    • Moral and Non-Moral Standards
    • Man as a Moral Agent • Characteristics of Moral Standard
    • Aristotle and Moral Responsibility • Moral Dilemmas

    03 Freedom and Moral Acts


    • Kant’s Morality and Freedom 04 Culture and Morality
    • The influence of Culture in Moral
    Development
    • Dynamics of Culture
    • Advantages and Disadvantages of
    Cultural Relativism.
    01
    Morality
    • Morality can be defined as the standards that an individual
    or a group has about what is right and wrong, or good and
    evil.
    • Morality is not imposed from outside, but innate and can
    even be unconscious.
    • Morality is an informal public system applying to all rational
    persons governing behavior that affects others, and has the
    lessening of evil or harm as its goal.
    • Morality is a complex of concepts and philosophical beliefs
    by which an individual determines whether his or her
    actions are right or wrong.
    KEY FEATURES OF MORALITY
    • People experience a sense of moral
    obligations and accountability.
    • Moral Values and moral absolutes exist.
    • Moral law does exist.
    • Moral law is known to humans.
    • Morality is objective.
    • Moral Judgements must be supported by
    reasons.
    02
    Standards and Dilemmas
    What is the difference between moral and non-moral
    standards?

    A moral standard refers to the norms which we


    have about the types of actions which we believe
    to be morally acceptable and morally
    unacceptable.

    Non-moral standard refers to rules that are


    unrelated to moral or ethical considerations.
    Either theses standards are not necessarily linked
    to morality or by nature lack ethical sense.
    Characteristics of Moral Standards
    1.Moral standards involve serious wrongs or significant
    benefits.
    2.Moral standards ought to be preferred to other
    values.
    3.Moral standards are not established by authority
    figures.
    4.Moral standards have the trait of universalizability.
    5.Moral standards are based on impartial
    considerations.
    6.Moral standards are associated with special emotions
    03
    Freedom and Morality
    04
    Culture and Morality
    Thank you

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