The document discusses moral vs non-moral standards. It provides examples of moral standards like don't lie, don't steal, and don't kill. These are considered wrong by ethics. Non-moral standards are social norms around etiquette and manners, like not talking with your mouth full. Moral standards cause guilt for non-compliance, while non-moral ones cause shame. The document also discusses the origin of moral standards in both theistic and non-theistic views, and defines moral dilemmas as situations where a decision maker must violate at least one moral duty or value.
The document discusses moral vs non-moral standards. It provides examples of moral standards like don't lie, don't steal, and don't kill. These are considered wrong by ethics. Non-moral standards are social norms around etiquette and manners, like not talking with your mouth full. Moral standards cause guilt for non-compliance, while non-moral ones cause shame. The document also discusses the origin of moral standards in both theistic and non-theistic views, and defines moral dilemmas as situations where a decision maker must violate at least one moral duty or value.
The document discusses moral vs non-moral standards. It provides examples of moral standards like don't lie, don't steal, and don't kill. These are considered wrong by ethics. Non-moral standards are social norms around etiquette and manners, like not talking with your mouth full. Moral standards cause guilt for non-compliance, while non-moral ones cause shame. The document also discusses the origin of moral standards in both theistic and non-theistic views, and defines moral dilemmas as situations where a decision maker must violate at least one moral duty or value.
The document discusses moral vs non-moral standards. It provides examples of moral standards like don't lie, don't steal, and don't kill. These are considered wrong by ethics. Non-moral standards are social norms around etiquette and manners, like not talking with your mouth full. Moral standards cause guilt for non-compliance, while non-moral ones cause shame. The document also discusses the origin of moral standards in both theistic and non-theistic views, and defines moral dilemmas as situations where a decision maker must violate at least one moral duty or value.
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Moral vs Non-Moral
Standards
Dr. Enna S. Bodoso
No talking while your mouth is full Do not lie. Wear black or white for mourning; never red. The males should be the one to propose marriage not females. Don’t steal. Observe correct grammar when writing and speaking English. Submit school requirements on time. If you are a male, stay by the danger side(roadside) when walking with a female. Go with the fashion or you are not “in”. Don’t cheat others. Don’t kill. When you speak, pronounce words correctly. Focus the microscope correctly. Maintain a 36-24-36 body figure. Ethics -ethos meaning custom - Or moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy which deals with moral standards, inquires about the rightness or wrongness of human behaviour or the goodness or badness of personality, trait or character. Moral
Is the adjective describing a human act
as either ethically wrong or right, or qualifying a person, personality, character, as either ethically good or bad. Moral Standards
Are norms or prescriptions that serve as the
frameworks for determining what ought to be done or what is right or wrong action, what is good or bad character. Do not lie. Don’t steal. Don’t cheat others. Don’t kill. Non-Moral Standards
Are social rules, demands of
etiquette and good manners. They are guides of action which should be followed as expected by society. Folkways No talking while your mouth is full. Wear black or white for mourning; never red. The males should be the one to propose marriage not females. Observe correct grammar when writing and speaking English. Submit school requirements on time. If u are a male, stay by the danger side when walking with a female. Go with the fashion or you are not “in”. Non-compliance with moral standards causes a sense of guilt,, while non-
compliance with a non-moral standard
may only cause shame or embrassment. Classification of the Theories of Moral Standards 1. Consequence standard (teleological, from tele which means end, result or consequence) states that an act is right or wrong depending on the consequences of the act, that is, the good that it produced in the world.
2. Not-only-consequence standard (deontological) holds that the
rightness or wrongness of an action or rule depends on sense of duty, natural law, virtue and the demand of the situation or circumstances. What makes standards moral? For theists, God is the ultimate source of what is moral revealed to human persons. For non-theists, God is not the source of morality. Moral standards are based on the wisdom of sages like Confucius or philosophers like Immanuel Kant. The Origin of Moral Standards
The theistic line of thought states that moral
standards are of divine origin. For non-theistic line of thought, moral standards must have evolved as the process of evolution followed its course. Moral Dilemmas Moral Dilemmas A pregnant woman leading a group of five people out of a cave on a coast is stuck in the mouth of the cave. In a short time, high tide will be upon them and unless she is unstuck, they will all be drowned except the woman whose head is out of the cave. Fortunately (or unfortunately), someone has with him a stick of dynamite. There seems no way to get the pregnant woman loose without using the dynamite which will inevitably kill her; but if they do not use it everyone else will drown. What should they do? Moral dilemmas are situations where two or more moral values or duties make demands on the decision-maker, who can only honor one of them, and thus will violate at least one important moral concern, no matter what he or she decides to do. Moral dilemmas present situations where there is tension between moral values and duties that are more or less on equal footing. The decision-maker has to choose between a wrong and another wrong. The decision-maker is in a deadlock. A false dilemma is a situation where the decision-maker has a moral duty to do one thing, but is tempted or under pressure to do something else. The 3 Levels of Moral Dilemmas
1. The mission of a Catholic School is to serve the poor
by giving quality education. It is torn between the obligation to charge low tuition to help the poor and to pay better salaries to keep quality teachers. 2. Heinz’s wife was dying from a particular type of cancer. Doctors said a new drug might save here. The drug had been discovered by a local chemist, and the Heinz tried desperately to buy some, but the chemist was charging ten times the money it cost to make the drug, and this was much more than the Heinz could afford. Heinz could only raise half the money, even after help from family and friends. He explained to the chemist that his wife was dying and asked if he could have the drug cheaper or pay the rest of the money later. The chemist refused, saying that he had discovered the drug and was going to make money from it. The husband was desperate to save his wife, so later that night he broke into the chemist’s laboratory and stole the drug. 3. A principal ought to welcome and encourage parents and community participation in school affairs. Based on her experience, parents and community are passive and so the principal always ends up deciding and doing things just the same. She is obliged to observe parents’ and community participation which do not give any input at all at the same time she is obliged to accomplish things on time. A.Individual Personal dilemma is an individual’s damn-if-you-do-and-damn- if-you-don’t situation. B. Organizational An organizational dilemma exists between personal interests and organizational well-being. C. Structural/Systemic A structural dilemma is a conflict of perspective of sectors, groups and institutions that may be affected by the decision. Resolving Moral Dilemmas 1. Think of alternative options revealing that the dilemma does not really exist. This happens where there are available alternative options. 2. Choosing the greater good and lesser evil.
One is only obliged to do something if and only if he can do it…”do
what you can where you are.” –Fletcher Love and do what you will. – St. Augustine End