Ethics/Values/Morals Review

What are values?

• Beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for a person to do

• Beliefs that a person or group has strong (emotional) feelings in

• Beliefs in a deity or that people will travel to the after life when they pass

• A social system of moral principles that govern a group's behavior

What is the meaning of ethics?

• Rules that relate to a specific class of a particular group of culture, because society says it is the right thing to do

• It relates to how we DO act

• It represents how we should and should not act as human beings

• Beliefs that a person or group has strong (emotional) feelings in

What are morals?

• Beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for a person to do

• Beliefs in a system of principles that govern a group's behavior

• Beliefs that a person or group has strong (emotional) feelings in

• Beliefs that a person or group is always wrong

Values relate to how we DO act. This means what exactly?

• What people don't do is generally how their actions are judged

• What people value in their life has nothing to do with their beliefs

• What people actually do is often driven by their values

• What people do in life will reflect upon them later

Morals are often referred to being an individual's ________ _______ of _____ and _____. Fill in the blanks

• personal view of politics and identity

• creative idea of morals and distance

• instinctive sense of direction and distance

• personal compass of right and wrong

What does moral imperatives mean?

• It is a set of laws that we must follow here in the U.S.

• It is a set of ethics that are universal in nature

• It is a set of morals that help guide us to the correct values

• It is a set of beliefs that all humans are inherently evil-natured

Morals are governed by several things, what are they?

• Understanding of what is right and/or wrong

• The development of self-interest and self-motivation

• Factors such as culture, religion, business, society, etc.

• A person's behavior guided by their values

Which of one of the following terms are considered values?

• Stealing, robbing, murder, and genocide

• Being honest, helping others, money, and freedom

• Hurting others, lying, manipulation, and fighting

• Anarchy, chaos, oppression, and racism

True or False: Right vs. Right is a true ethical dilemma

• True

• False

True or False: Right vs. Wrong is another true ethical dilemma

• True

• False