Four Ethical Systems
1. Ethics are belief that shapes what a person does everyday. It is the standard that people live up to in order to distinguish what is right from what is wrong based on ones morals. These morals are principles that are demonstrated into society. We as people have ethical duties to all living things. This includes other humans, animals, and even things such as nature. It is our responsibility to choose the course of action that will be taken. It is what is the belief of what is right, and may not always be commonly accepted. One of the ethics principles that apply to my life right now is the obligation to do good in all of our actions. This means to help others. This principle is important to me because sometimes helping others means a
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The four ethical systems are deontological, teleological, virtue based ethics and the ethics of care. Deontological moral system focuses on the situation itself. Here, a person is focusing on there duties in order to make a decision if something is morally right or wrong. It is based off of rules. An example of deontological based ethics would be not lying because it is wrong. Teleological moral system focuses on the consequences and the results. When making the correct moral choice, a person must think of the consequences and the results of that choice. An example of teleological moral system would be lying because it saves your friend from murder. This ethics means that even though it is wrong, the results would outweigh the rule of not to lie. Virtue ethics focuses on developing good traits instead of focusing on the consequences or situations. The good traits that are developed will help a person with there decisions in life. Virtue ethics shows righteousness which shows the moral character of a person carrying out the actions. An example of this would be not cheating on an exam. The ethics of care focuses on responsibility, and relationships. Ethics of care is helping others because you care for them. An example of this would be letting a friend cheat on an
The four ethical systems are deontological, teleological, virtue based ethics and the ethics of care. Deontological moral system focuses on the situation itself. Here, a person is focusing on there duties in order to make a decision if something is morally right or wrong. It is based off of rules. An example of deontological based ethics would be not lying because it is wrong. Teleological moral system focuses on the consequences and the results. When making the correct moral choice, a person must think of the consequences and the results of that choice. An example of teleological moral system would be lying because it saves your friend from murder. This ethics means that even though it is wrong, the results would outweigh the rule of not to lie. Virtue ethics focuses on developing good traits instead of focusing on the consequences or situations. The good traits that are developed will help a person with there decisions in life. Virtue ethics shows righteousness which shows the moral character of a person carrying out the actions. An example of this would be not cheating on an exam. The ethics of care focuses on responsibility, and relationships. Ethics of care is helping others because you care for them. An example of this would be letting a friend cheat on an