Mahbubur Rahman Shawon

28 March, 2011

What is Ethics?

 Ethics comes from the Greek word ethos, meaning character or custom.

 Ethics is the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation.


 Moral: Concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles. (e.g. a moral life)

 Values: Abstract ideas about what a group believes to be good, right and desirable; form bedrock of a culture.

 Freedom, democracy, justice, love, religion.

 Norms: The social rules and guidelines that prescribe appropriate behavior in a particular situation.

 Dress code, correct utensils, neighborly behavior, time.

 Theft, adultery, incest.

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