Ethics & civics Self & World: Impact of Technological Advances in Biotechnology Dr. Karen Guzman

ethics Standard of behavior which guides choosing the best action in any situation

Ethical decision making: approaches Utilitarian Rights Fairness / Justice Common Good Virtue Approach Ethical decision making: approaches

Civics Can be defined as the “public life of the citizen concerned with the affairs of the community and nation” National Standards

Civics includes Rights of the Citizenship Socioeconomics and status  Individual  Community/Public Citizenship Socioeconomics and status Economic policies Culture, Society, & Values Civics includes

Civics life Encompasses: Involvement: Manifested:  Value of human rights  Individual’s responsibility to society and the community Involvement:  Political: e.g. voting, paying taxes  Non-political: e.g. helping in community volunteering at a school Manifested:  Laws  Policies  Guidelines Civics life

Role of politics “Process by which a group of people, whose opinions or interests might be divergent, reach collective decisions that are generally regarded as binding on the group and enforced as common policy.” “…Politics necessarily arises whenever groups of people live together, since they must always reach collective decisions of one kind or another.” National Standards