Ethics

Ethics refers to a set of norms and morals that govern human action and inform what we ought or should do. There are three forms of ethics, namely, virtue ethics, duty based ethics and consequentialist ethics.

Generally stated, a discussion of ethics assumes a moral standard, which is used to determine the morality of one’s actions. For example, actions that conform to the standard are moral actions. Actions that do not conform to the standard are immoral actions.

The basis of ethics is to establish a system of motivations and deterrents, which factor heavily in controlling and directing human desire. Individuals should desire to do moral actions and should be deterred from doing immoral actions. Thus, ethics prescribes proper moral action and dissuades individuals from desiring to act immorally. 

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Ethics”

• Having Conscience in a Culture of Death

  
  1517 — Authority: 503
  From an article by Wesley J. Smith in the December 2009 issue of First Things : Over the past fifty years, the purposes and practices of medicine have changed radically. Where medical ethics was once life-affirming, today’s treatments and medical procedures increasingly involve the legal taking of human life. ...
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• Another proof that large corporations are evil

  
  Michigan Telephone, VoIP and Broadband blog — Authority: 115
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• Wisconsin: The most corrupt attorney’s and courts in the Unions.

  
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• Ethics and Morality :: RE: Child Rights

  
  Philosophy Discussion — Authority: 175
  Author: OTavern Subject: Re: Child Rights Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 4:25 pm (GMT -5) athena wrote: The bible did not radically change the sorry condition of childhood. It is technology and economic abundance that changed the sorry condition of childhood. This premise is faulty. Some may claim ...
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• Alternative alibis: A Sanford sampler on his whereabouts

  
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• What Is Honor?, 5

  
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• The Utopian Suggestion of Natural Predator Reintroduction

  
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• Exotics Lose in Florida

  
  Animal Blawg — Authority: 129
  Marjorie Levine Last month, a red-bellied piranha was caught by a 15-year-old boy.  The next day, fish and wildlife officials caught two more in the same lake.  No, this didn’t take place in the Amazon; it happened in West Palm Beach, Florida , The Piranha is not a Florida native, but, like the New York ...
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• The Catholic Church robbed Irish adults of the ability to tell right from wrong

  
  BaptistPlanet — Authority: 442
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• Deniers, Skeptics and ?

  
  Alexandria — Authority: 487
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• Ethics and Morality :: RE: Child Rights

  
  Philosophy Discussion — Authority: 175
  Author: Scott Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:21 pm (GMT -5) athena wrote: Someone pointed out, some parents would object to their child being sent to a counselor. We lived in a community where some people saw nothing wrong with fist fights, nor would they object if their child were unpleasant with the ...
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• Churches on The March

  
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• How to Pick a Financial Advisor

  
  Rich Credit Debt Loan — Authority: 536
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• Its not going away, MSM

  
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• Big Government vrs. The Virtue of Governing Oneself

  
  ThePolitic.com — Authority: 427
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• The Early Bird Gets The Worm?

  
  Cash The Checks — Authority: 112
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• Thanksgiving weekend

  
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  Bangladeshi child laborers work at a balloon workshop in Kamrangir Char, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Nov. 19. AP / Pavel Rahman Children wash clothes and bathe at a water pipeline surrounded by sewage in Mumbai, India on Wednesday, Nov. 18. AP / Rafiq Maqbool Children push a cart ...
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• County Commissioner Ethics Authority Over D.A. and Sheriffs Offices

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 130
  According to anarticle in the Times-Herald , a Montgomery County(PA) judge ruled that the county commissioners do not have authority toprohibit employees of the district attorney or sheriffs offices fromparticipating in political activities or running for office. read more
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