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INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS.
CPA CLASS Instructor: Raji Thomas   INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS .
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IT’S A GLOBAL PHENOMENON. 02/15/11
02/15/11
KENYA FEW YEARS AGO. 02/15/11
You will meet ethics in your professional life.  02/15/11
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MISSION To provide market-driven professionals by offering high quality examinations in accountancy, management, information technology  and  related disciplines.
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],We at KASNB commit ourselves to  the following core values.
Institute of  Humanities ,  Education  and Development  Studies (I.H.E.D.S) ,[object Object],[object Object]
Our aim.  ,[object Object],[object Object]
QUESTIONS!
Course out line  ,[object Object],02/15/11
Course out line  ,[object Object],02/15/11
TOPIC 1 Introduction to Ethics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],02/15/11
TOPIC 2 The Human Person ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],02/15/11
TOPIC 3 Human Freedom ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],02/15/11
TOPIC 4 MORAL LAW 02/15/11 Natural law, happiness and the moral conscience.
TOPIC 5 Morality ,[object Object],[object Object],02/15/11
TOPIC 6 Ethical Schools & movements ,[object Object],02/15/11
Virtue Ethics ,[object Object],[object Object],02/15/11
TOPIC 7 Interpersonal relations ,[object Object],02/15/11
TOPIC 8 Dating and courtship and  marriage ,[object Object],[object Object],02/15/11
TOPIC 9 The family ,[object Object],02/15/11
LAST TOPICS.. Contemporary social issues ,[object Object],02/15/11
02/15/11 ,[object Object],Abortion Rights Gambling Population Domestic Violence Media Violence Adoption Gangs Pornography Driving Under the Influence Medical Ethics Affirmative Action Genetic Engineering Poverty Drug Legalization Mental Health Alcohol Global Warming Prayer In Public Schools Eating Disorders Middle East  Animal Experimentation Gun Control Prisons Endangered Species Suicide Animal Rights Hate Crimes Racism Environment Teenage Pregnancy Bioethics Health Care Rape Euthanasia Terrorism Biological Weapons Homelessness School Violence Family Relations Welfare Capital Punishment Homosexuality Sex Education National Security Women’s Rights Censorship Human Rights Sexual Harassment Nuclear Weapons Women In The Military Child Abuse Immigration Smoking Nutrition Workplace Violence Cloning Internet Privacy Stem Cells Political Corruption MISSING CLASSES Crime Victims Juvenile Offenders Steroids CHEATING IN EXAMS MAKING NOISE INCLASS
STUDENT CENTERED LEANING. FREEDOM 02/15/11
Class participation. 02/15/11
INSTRUCTOR’s INFORMATION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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QUESTIONS!
First class work… ,[object Object],[object Object],02/15/11
Defining Ethics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What is ethics? ,[object Object],[object Object]
Ethics ,[object Object],[object Object]
General definitions of Ethics ,[object Object],[object Object]
Final definition for today.  ,[object Object]
QUESTIONS!
WHAT IS THE MATERIAL AND FORMAL OBJECT OF ETHICS?
OBJECT!  WHAT IS THAT? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What is the object of study in ethics?   ,[object Object],[object Object]
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Objectives of ethics. ,[object Object],[object Object]
To obtain true and systematic knowledge of upright and authentic human behavior based on universal principles. To establish a series of norms and criteria for judging human acts. The aims of ethics
Continued..  To study the basic truths about the human nature in order to discover the deepest and most common truths about the  human person  Establishes guiding principles that facilitate life in a community
Continued..  comes up with practices and customs that fosters good habits in a personal conduct (virtues) Builds personal character by learning how to acquire good habits that can perfect us as persons and how to avoid bad habits that perverts us.
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WHAT IS MORALITY? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
To understand “morality”... ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Morality… ,[object Object],02/15/11
SHARE NOTES WHITH THE PEOPLE SITTED NEXT TO YOU
The nature of ethics. ,[object Object],[object Object]
A theoretical science. ,[object Object]
Nature of ethics. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],02/15/11
A normative science ,[object Object],[object Object]
Theories in normative ethics. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
EXAMPLE OF NORMATIVE PRINCIPLES IN APPLIED ETHICS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
A practical science ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
APPLIED ETHICS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Political Ethics.
Environmental ethics .    GO GREEN!
Meta ethics. ,[object Object],[object Object]
Other ways of looking at ethics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Scholars we are going to refer to: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Recommended books  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The end  QUESTIONS!
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Introduction to ethics first class ppt

Editor's Notes

  1. From an anthropological perspective. Biological man needs assistance of the mature people to survive unlike many animals. Social perspective, we need to conduct ourselves in a manner that respects other human beings for harmony in society- to avoid treating human beings as objects. Spiritual or transcendental perspective, man has intelligence and will that help one to have freedom, know tre truth, desire the good and hence get towards an ultimate end which is eternal happiness…
  2. From an anthropological perspective. Biological man needs assistance of the mature people to survive unlike many animals. Social perspective, we need to conduct ourselves in a manner that respects other human beings for harmony in society- to avoid treating human beings as objects. Spiritual or transcendental perspective, man has intelligence and will that help one to have freedom, know tre truth, desire the good and hence get towards an ultimate end which is eternal happiness…
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  4. THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED IN AN EXAM SETTING.