Ethic

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 Introduction

What is the meaning of the ethic ? Ethic which is one of the branches of philosophy is the study of the origin and scope of the language of morality, also known as moral philosophy. Morality is the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper and those that are improper. 

"Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right."
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Ethics can be considered as theorizing about the proper regulating procedure for humans behavior. It tells us what to aspire to and also constrains they actions. It is called by psychological elements, for example, sympathy, generosity, compassion, kindness, concern for others, or even revenge or outrage. Whatever these traits can lead to confusing and sometimes conflicting impulses, and thus it is useful to suppress them in some way We can do that by using the power of reasoning to work out priorities, make our actions consistent and predictable, and communicate our ideas of right and wrong, and justice and fairness to others.

Branches of Ethics

In this ethic, mainly we can concern four branches. There are ; 

  1. Descriptive ethics 
  2. Normative ethics 
  3. Meta ethics 
  4. Applied ethics

  •  Descriptive ethics is also known as comparative ethics, is the study of people's beliefs about right or wrong. 

  • Normative ethics deals with “norms” or set of considerations on how one should act. It is known as a study of “ethical action” and sets out the rightness or wrongness of the actions. It is also known as prescriptive ethics.

  • Metaethics Also known as analytical ethics, this deals with the origin of the ethical concepts themselves. This does not consider whether an action is good or bad. 

  • Applied ethic deals with the philosophical examination, of particular issues in private and public life which are matters of moral judgment



What ethics is and is not

Ethics known as moral philosophy about design a new world that supports the expression of ethical values while keeping in check non ethical values. This doesn’t mean that non-ethical values are wrong. It means we should not allow them to rule our lives because they can lead without sympathy, generosity, compassion, kindness. 
What we think or feel is right or bad is not what we call ethics. Ethics has nothing to do with a person's preferences or views. Ethical relativism means each individual decides what is right and what is wrong in a particular circumstance. But, how can this be?  ethics was relative or situational, then one person might decide stealing is right to do when the theft is to right a perceive wrong while another might say stealing is always wrong because someone is taking something from someone else that doesn’t belong to him or her. Then ethics is not primarily about sex , ethic is not ‘Good in theory but in practice’, ethic is not based on religion and ethic is not relative to the society in which you live. This video explains more about what ethic is and is not.



Human and Ethic

Ethic is about us , about everyone . The concern for something or someone other than ourselves and our own wishes and self-interests lies at the foundation of ethics. Sometime humans concern with other people's interests.
Sometime if a group believes that a particular activity is "wrong" it can then use morality as the justification for attacking those who practice that activity, When people do this, They frequently see those they consider to be immoral as being less human or deserving of respect than themselves.; sometimes with tragic consequences. Furthermore Ethics is not only about the morality of particular courses of action, but it's also about the goodness of individuals and what it means to live a good life .



Reference 

Singer, Peter. "About Ethics" in Practical ethics. Cambridge university press, 2011 (p. 1-15).

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