Law & Order 1.2: Laws vs. Ethics

Basic behavioral standards that guide our actions in various situations.

• Laws

• Ethics

• Conscience

• Regulations

Ethics are unique to each individual.

• True

• False

What can influence a person's ethics?

• Culture

• Emotions

• Family

• Religion

• All of the above

Ethics are static and cannot change over time.

• True

• False

Ethical decision making model based on choosing the action which will result in the least amount of harm to the people involved, having the good outweigh the bad.

• Utilitarian Decision Making

• Rights Decision Making

• Fairness & Justice Decision Making

• Common Good Decision Making

• Virtue Decision Making

Ethical decision making model with the belief that all individuals are granted the same rights and all peoples' rights must be weighed equally before a decision is made.

• Utilitarian Decision Making

• Rights Decision Making

• Fairness & Justice Decision Making

• Common Good Decision Making

• Virtue Decision Making

Ethical decision making model with the belief that each person should get what they deserve, positive or negative. For example, this may be used to determine punishment for a criminal.

• Utilitarian Decision Making

• Rights Decision Making

• Fairness & Justice Decision Making

• Common Good Decision Making

• Virtue Decision Making

Ethical decision making model with the belief that all decisions must benefit the group as a whole over the individual.

• Utilitarian Decision Making

• Rights Decision Making

• Fairness & Justice Decision Making

• Common Good Decision Making

• Virtue Decision Making

Ethical decision making model with the belief that we should act according to the type of person we want to be, making decision based on the characteristics and attitudes that we want to embody.

• Utilitarian Decision Making

• Rights Decision Making

• Fairness & Justice Decision Making

• Common Good Decision Making

• Virtue Decision Making

Most decisions require people to use multiple ethical decision making models to reach a decision, not just one.

• True

• False