WHAT IS ETHICS?. Objectives: 1. To define ethics. 2. To encourage students to consider how they come to moral decisions. 3. To introduce three ethical.

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WHAT IS ETHICS?

Objectives: 1. To define ethics. 2. To encourage students to consider how they come to moral decisions. 3. To introduce three ethical theories and consider how each would approach moral issues.

LOOK AT THE ‘MAKING MORAL DECISIONS’ SHEET. In pairs consider each of the moral dilemmas outlined on the sheet. What would you do in each situation? How did you reach your conclusions? Did your partner agree with you?

WHAT IS ETHICS? The term ‘ethics’ comes from the Greek word ethikos, meaning ‘character’. It can be translated as ‘custom’ and refers to the customary way people act in society. Ethics is a branch of philosophy concerned with morality. Today modern ethics is concerned with 4 fundamental questions:

1. Do good/bad and right/wrong exist?

2. What is meant by the moral terms good/bad and right/wrong?

3. Are there good/bad and right/wrong actions?

4. What should the individual or society do in order to be morally good or right?

From the earliest times, philosophers have attempted to answer these questions. They have put forward a variety of theories explaining how we should come to moral decisions. Here are 4 of them.

UTILITARIAN ETHICS A THEORY PUT FORWARD BY JEREMY BENTHAM (His mummified body is still on show at King’s College, London!)

When you are making an ethical decision you must: a. decide what action would bring the greatest happiness to the greatest number of people; b. or what action would bring the least amount of unhappiness to the most people. c. not take personal relationships into account.

SITUATION ETHICS A THEORY PUT FORWARD BY JOSEPH FLETCHER

When you make an ethical decision you must: a.AIM FOR A PRACTICAL DECISION WHICH PUTS PEOPLE FIRST b.DECIDE BASED ON THE PARTICULAR SITUATION c.DO THE MOST LOVING THING

NOW RETURN TO THE ‘MAKING ETHICAL DECISIONS’ SHEET. How would a utilitarian, and a situation ethicist decide how to act in each of the dilemmas? Which ethical theory do you most identify with?