NSE 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Immanuel Kant, Chemotherapy, Meta-Ethics
13 Apr 2017
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Strong personal belief and an ideal that a person or group believe to have merit. Influence behaviour on the basis of the conviction that a certain action is correct in a certain situation. Indv values reflect culture, social influences, relationships, personal needs. Distinguish right from wrong in childhood and adolescence to form values on which they base their actions moral development. Culture, ethic bg, religious community, schools, peer groups, social media, work envron. Cultural values: adopted as a result of social setting. Clarifying your values helps you articulate what matters most and what priorities are guiding your life and decision making. Values conflict: personal values are at odds w/ those of a pt. , colleague, institution. Ethics is the study of the philosophical ideals of right & wrong behaviour based on what you think you ought (or ought not) to do. Simply, it is about determining right and wrong .
