ETHICS: MODULE 2  To answer the questions stated,

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- Introduction
referred to as Socrates’
o Ethical Issues and Concerns
question: how should one live?
 Permeate everyday life
 Invites us to reflect life
(household, school, workplace,
az a whole
etc.)
 Asking what action to do
 “various situations
now or next
where we relate with
 Reflect about a kind of
other human beings and
life
with nature”
 To be able to deal with ethical
decisions (make decisions &
take action): need to develop
our moral capacities through
SYSTEMATIC REFLECTION and
REASONING
o Module
 Introduces to nature of ethics
and nature of moral reasoning
 Includes: consideration of its
NATURE, SCOPE, and
RELEVANCE
 Learn “why ethics is more
fundamentally known as
engaging with the problem of
how to live well”
o Concern of ethics as a field of rational
inquiry (explored)
 Prevalence and authority of
norms in society
 Pursuit of goodness and
rightness in our actions
 Importance of keeping promises,
duties, and obligations
 Necessity of treating others
fairly
 Meaning of value and the things
we care about
- (1.1) Ethics and the Problem of How to Live Well
o Questions (in the reading)
 What is our duty? How may we
be good? How can we be happy?
What is the right thing to do?
o Bernard Williams
 Renowned contemporary moral
philosopher
 The ff. questions above are the
questions that we might
encounter in our study of ethics