ETHICS

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PRESENTED BY: LOUIE JAY B. LULAB

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Ethics
 The science of the morality of human acts

 The study of the human motivation, and

ultimately of human rational behavior.
 Derived from Latin word “ethos”, which means
characteristic way of acting and Greek word
“ethikos” which means customary
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Importance of ethics
 Indispensable of knowledge.

 Without moral perception, man is only an

animal.
 Without morality, man as rational being is a
failure.
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Professional ethics
 A set of moral code to which every profession
must subscribe
 Guides the professional where the law is
silent or inadequate
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Police ethics
 An example of professional ethics

 A practical science that treats the principle of

human morality and duty as applied to law
enforcement
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Morality
 Morality is the foundation of every human society. Without
civic morality, communities perish; without personal
morality their survival has no value. Every culture admits
the importance of morality as a standard of behavior.
When the moral foundations of a nation are threatened,
society itself is threatened.
 The quality which makes an act good or bad, good or evil,
right or wrong.
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Moral
 Moral integrity is the only true measure of
what man ought to be. The most successful
professional, is nothing unless he too is
morally upright. Thus, the philosophers speak
of ethics as the “only necessary knowledge”
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Moral Distinctions

 Moral – good or bad

 Immoral – bad or wrong

 Amoral – neither good nor bad