ETHICS MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS
◉ Morality
Answer: System or realm of normative rules, principles, and
principles of conduct that governs human behavior
◉ What is morality mostly related to?
Answer: Welfar, rights, and justice
◉ Moral Duty (Obligation)
Answer: Requires action of restraint that an agent is morally
bound to perform, regardless of their personal desires or
inclinations
◉ Values
Answer: Enduring beliefs or standards about what is desirable,
important, or worthwhile
◉ What is important to remember about values?
Answer: Every culture, group, or individuals have their own
weighted values
,◉ Moral Value
Answer: Specific subset of values that prescribe how human
beings ought to treat one another & what qualities of character
are intrinsically good or praiseworthy
◉ Ethics
Answer: Systematic philosphical study of our moral principles,
moral claims, and behaviors
◉ How are morals & ethics related to one another?
Answer: Morals holds the belief that people have and ethics is the
academic discipline that evaluates whether the beliefs are
justified.
◉ Code of Ethics
Answer: Formal, codified sets of guidelines, principles, or rules
established by a professional organization; a professional or an
institution that governs the conduct of members.
◉ Integrity
Answer: Unimpaired condition, sound, whole, undivided
◉ What is important about integrity?
, Answer: Integrity is the quality of consistently adhering to strong
moral & ethical principles, demonstrating alignment between
your belief, values, profession code, and actual behavior
◉ what type of statement is integrity?
Answer: there are "I" statement
◉ Personal Morality
Answer: Collage of your values, duties regarding conduct,
character traits each person adopts as relevant to their own life
◉ What is important about personal morality?
Answer: - character virtues (moral integrity)
- defines who you are
◉ Group Morality
Answer: Moral guidelines adopted by a subgroup
◉ What is a subgroup?
Answer: subgroups can be a work groups, teams, religious,
organizations or ethic clusters.
◉ Societal Morality
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS
◉ Morality
Answer: System or realm of normative rules, principles, and
principles of conduct that governs human behavior
◉ What is morality mostly related to?
Answer: Welfar, rights, and justice
◉ Moral Duty (Obligation)
Answer: Requires action of restraint that an agent is morally
bound to perform, regardless of their personal desires or
inclinations
◉ Values
Answer: Enduring beliefs or standards about what is desirable,
important, or worthwhile
◉ What is important to remember about values?
Answer: Every culture, group, or individuals have their own
weighted values
,◉ Moral Value
Answer: Specific subset of values that prescribe how human
beings ought to treat one another & what qualities of character
are intrinsically good or praiseworthy
◉ Ethics
Answer: Systematic philosphical study of our moral principles,
moral claims, and behaviors
◉ How are morals & ethics related to one another?
Answer: Morals holds the belief that people have and ethics is the
academic discipline that evaluates whether the beliefs are
justified.
◉ Code of Ethics
Answer: Formal, codified sets of guidelines, principles, or rules
established by a professional organization; a professional or an
institution that governs the conduct of members.
◉ Integrity
Answer: Unimpaired condition, sound, whole, undivided
◉ What is important about integrity?
, Answer: Integrity is the quality of consistently adhering to strong
moral & ethical principles, demonstrating alignment between
your belief, values, profession code, and actual behavior
◉ what type of statement is integrity?
Answer: there are "I" statement
◉ Personal Morality
Answer: Collage of your values, duties regarding conduct,
character traits each person adopts as relevant to their own life
◉ What is important about personal morality?
Answer: - character virtues (moral integrity)
- defines who you are
◉ Group Morality
Answer: Moral guidelines adopted by a subgroup
◉ What is a subgroup?
Answer: subgroups can be a work groups, teams, religious,
organizations or ethic clusters.
◉ Societal Morality
