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MODULE 5 ETHICS AND DEVELOPMENT Instructor: Masakija. Concept of Ethics. Concept of Ethics. Concept of Ethics. Concept of Ethics. Concept of Ethics. Spheres of Ethics. Sphere of Ethics. Branches or Forms of Ethics. Branches or Forms of Ethics. Branches or Forms of Ethics.
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MODULE 5 ETHICS AND DEVELOPMENT Instructor: Masakija
Spheres of Ethics Sphere of Ethics
Branches or Forms of Ethics Example: Descriptive Report on how some of office secretaries (whom most of them are females in the context of Tanzania) behave on the basis of ethics such report can include:
Branches or Forms of Ethics 2. Normative or Prescriptive Ethics
Branches or Forms of Ethics Example: Identified conducts among university students:
Branches or Forms of Ethics One can draw the following right conducts from the 6 identified conducts:
Branches or Forms of Ethics 3. Meta Ethics or Analytical Ethics
Branches or Forms of Ethics 4. Applied Ethics
THEORIES ON ETHICS 1. Deontological Ethics Theories
THEORIES ON ETHICS (b) Moral Absolutism
THEORIES ON ETHICS (c) Moral Relativism
THEORIES ON ETHICS (d) Divine Command Theory
THEORIES ON ETHICS (e) Rossian Deontology (William D. Ross) According to Ross an action is wrong unless there is a good reason to do so/justify. For example, we should not kill or lie unless there is a good reason to do so e.g. abortion is bad, but if it is done in order to save mother’s life then, it is right. .
THEORIES ON ETHICS 2. Consequentialism (Teleological) Theories
Utilitarian Theory Killing one Person to save many People
Utilitarian Theory Killing one Person to save many People
THEORIES ON ETHICS (b) Hedonism Ethics Theory
THEORIES ON ETHICS (c) Asceticism
THEORIES ON ETHICS Altruism Altruism can also be defined as unselfish concern/care or support for other people.
THEORIES ON ETHICS (e) Virtue Ethics Theory
THEORIES ON ETHICS 3. Cultural Relativism Theory
NORMS &MORALITY Norms