Ethics

this presentation is about ethics, its definitions, meanind and importance. nature, purpose and scope of ethics in education.

1. Ethics Submitted By: Prachi Chaudhary

2. INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS The word “ethics” is derived from the Greek word ethos (character), and from the Latin word ‘mores’ (customs).  Derived from the Greek word “ethos”, which means “way of living”, ethics is a branch of philosophy that is concerned with human conduct. It consists in a code of conduct of human beings living in a society.

3. Ethics is an attempt to guide human conduct and it is also an attempt to help man in leading good life by applying moral principles. Ethics refers to well based standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues. Ethics is related to issues of propriety, rightness and wrongness.

4. DEFINITION OF ETHICS  MACKENZIE defines ethics as “the study of what is right or good in human conduct” or the “science of the ideal involved in human life”. So, it is clear that ethics is the study which determines rightness or wrongness of actions. WHEELWRIGHT (1959) “ethics is that branch of philosophy which is systematic study of reflective choice, of the standards of right and wrong by which it is to be guided, and of the goods toward which it may ultimately be directed.”

5. MEANING OF ETHICS Ethics is simply the notion of knowing right from wrong.  Basically it means“ do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”  Ethics is often used interchangeably with morality, but they are actually two different concepts.  Ethics is not, however, the study of what people do or how people act.  This is descriptive, not normative.  Ethics is normative--about what ought to be, not what is so. Ethics, sometimes known as philosophical ethics, ethical theory, moral theory, and moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct, often addressing disputes of moral diversity. Ethics provides us with the tools to determine whether or not we should do a certain action and the extent to which a past action should have been done

6. IMPORTANCE OF ETHICS It assists in availing legal representation to all in the society. It sets out the minimum duties of a legal practitioner towards his client, the court and to his counter parts in the profession It spells out the minimum standards of practice. Enhances public confidence in the legal profession It builds loyalty between the advocate and his client It gives the lawyer a guide line on how to act in cases of conflicts of interest It Assists in the protection of fundamental human interests like life, liberty and property

7. NATURE OF ETHICS Ethics aims at systematic knowledge. So, ethics is a science. Every science is concerned with a particular sphere of nature. As a science ethics has its own particular sphere; it deals with certain judgments that we make about human conduct. It deals with systematic explanation of rightness or wrongness in the light of the highest Good of man. Ethics is not an art. Ethics does not teach us an art as to how to lead a moral life. Rather it helps us to justify rightness or goodness which can lead to the supreme goal of human life that is to realize the summum bonum of human life. So, ethics is not a means to the highest ideal of human life.

8. PURPOSE OF ETHICS Ethics provides us with the tools to determine whether or not we should do a certain action and the extent to which a past action should have been done.  Ethics is a good philosophy to use for decision making. The study of ethics can help improve knowing the difference between right and wrong.  In a b usines s ethics has become very valuable to organizational behavior . when communicating with other individuals ethics can help individuals to use better more positive behavior with one another.  Study of ethics can teach a person about themselves and help an individual to relate to other who are different in a positive manner.

9. In education Ethics decides what impulses and dispositions in children should be strengthened and what should be suppressed . Ethics teaches how one should conduct themselves in order to achieve the ultimate good in life, not only for themselves but also for others.

10. SCOPE OF ETHICS Ethics is not concerned with the nature, origin or development of human conduct, it is concerned with the ideal or standard to which our conduct should conform. Ethics discusses the nature of human freedom. It investigates what constitutes good or bad, just or unjust. Range of ethics includes sense of duty or moral obligation and responsibility for actions. Ethics is not a guidebook of moral values .it seeks clarification of terms used in moral language. Ethics deals with political,sociological,cultural,economic,environmental,religious problems in pursuit of highest good. Our right actions have merit; our wrong actions have demerit. Ethics enquires into the criterion of merit and demerit. It tries to find out what makes an action meritorious.

11. GLOSSARY Summum bonum is a Latin expre-ssion  meaning "the highest good“ Vocation- a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation. Interchangeably- in a way that can be exchanged. Descriptive- describing or classifying in an objective and non- judgemental way. Normative- establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard or norm, especially of behaviour .

12. REFERANCES http://www.kkhsou.in/main/philosophy/nature_ethics.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/introduction/intro_1.shtml http://www.gktoday.in/blog/nature-and-scope-of-ethics/