Ethical theories

What is ethics?

• Ethics is philosophical study.

• Ethics is a subject.

• Ethics is philosophical study of good and bad, right and wrong

• Ethics is your character.

WHY is ethics important in a society?

• Allow people to behave well.

• Allow society to function, helping people to interact with their daily lives in a functional way.

• Allow people to voice their concerns.

• Allow people to follow the rules.

Family influence is one of the influential agents on the formation of an individual's ethics.

• True

• False

_____________ theory states that the God has revealed his will in the form of commands that are made available to us through oral tradition & holy scripture.

• Relativism

• Divine Command Theory

• Utilitarianism

• Ethical egoism

___________________ theory states that the right and wrong are based on social norms.

• Divine Command Theory

• Ethical Relativism

• Utilitarianism

• Ethical Egoism

_______________ theory advocates that a morally correct action is one that results in the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

• Ethical Relativism

• Ethical Egoism

• Divine Command Theory

• Utilitarianism

Women in school or business is morally wrong in Saudi Arabia. This is an example of ________________ theory.

• Ethical Relativism

• Divine Command Theory

A patient comes into a hospital who has been in a car accident and sustained serious injuries. If untreated, the patient will surely die; however, the injuries are treatable and the patient can be saved. The doctor who is to operate notices that the patient is an organ donor. There are five other people in the hospital who need organs, will die without the organs, and have no opportunity to receive such organs (the underlying assumption is that they are all matches for the organs of the patient who just came in). The doctor chose to leave the patient to die. This is an example of _______________ theory.

• Divine Command Theory

• Ethical Relativism

• Utilitarianism