ARBUS202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Professional Code Of Quebec, Psychological Egoism, Ethical Egoism
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Not a matter of applying the appropriate algorithm to a situation and. Ethical reasoning: mechanically calculating the correct moral result, the correct moral prescription. Ethikos refers to the authority of custom and tradition. Mos refers to moral, mores, and morale. Ethical relativism: is the view that moral values are relative to particular environments; moral behaviour are dependent on the accepted ethical norms of the particular culture, society, or environment in which they take place. A relativist could say that we have as much right to condemn the customs of the mafia or apartheid as we do to condemn any foreign system of behaviour. Or, we can condemn them in terms of our moral system, but we should not and cannot consist that others who do not share our values listen to our complaints. The mafia, slavery and apartheid are objectionable, and not just b/c most people think so. The growth in recognition of human rights.