Transcription of ETHICS AND MORALITY Basic Ethical Concepts E
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ETHICS AND MORALITY Category: Basic Ethical Concepts . E specially in everyday language, the dis- tinction between the terms ETHICS ' and MORALITY ' is not always clear. Even in some questions of good life' are tied to an evaluati- on of what is good and are answered in the form of recommendations how to achieve philosophical texts both are used synony- that goal, norms or principles of moral right- mously, while others seem to draw a clear ness generate imperatives. distinction between them. Historically, the . term ETHICS ' comes from Greek ethos which Today it is common to separate ETHICS into means the customs, habits and mores of peo- three sub-branches: 1.
ETHICS AND MORALITY Category: ... hand determine the value of an action on the grounds of a cost-benefit analysis of its con-sequences. If the positive consequences out-weigh the negative ones then the action is morally proper. 3. Virtue theories focus on a given set of rules like “do not steal” etc. But instead of
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