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This article explores ethics as the practice of determining right and wrong in a reasoned, impartial manner. It discusses the two forms of ethics based on consequences and rule-based ethical reasoning. It also delves into scofflaws, civil disobedience, and the role of ethics in laws.
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Ethics • Ethics is a practice of deciding what is right and what is wrong in a reasoned, impartial manner • Reasoned: Making a decision based on reasons not emotions • Impartial: The same ethical standards are applied to everyone.
Forms of Ethics • Based on Consequences: • Means that rightness and wrongness is based only on the consequences that the action has. (The act is good when the results are good, etc.) • Rule-Based Ethical Reasoning: • Acts are judged whether right or wrong regardless of what the consequences may be
Scofflaws • are individuals who do not obey or respect minor laws. They simply disregard the risk of being caught and punished, and focus on just the benefits they gain from breaking the law. Ex: computer hackers, cashiers steal credit cards info. • Civil Disobedience • The only way you could openly, peacefully, violate the law is by protesting its alleged, or supposed, injustice. The participants of the protest may be willing, or even eager, to be arrested in order to test the validity of the law in court.
