{"id":3545,"date":"2017-07-31T14:37:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T14:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.uncc.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=3545"},"modified":"2023-04-09T15:12:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T19:12:59","slug":"personalethics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl2116-014spring2023\/engl2116april10\/personalethics\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping Our Personal Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Ethical Analysis Discussion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Below is a way to map one&#8217;s ethical construction. Our sense of ethics comes from a variety of people and experiences. In the past I had students do a six-page analysis of their ethics, but we&#8217;re not going to do that this semester.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/webpages.uncc.edu\/~atoscano\/images\/ethics.jpg\" alt=\"dialogue box\" width=\"399\" height=\"410\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Personal Ethical Influences<\/h3>\n<p>Believe it or not (I know you do believe it, though), we have several major influences on our ethical perspectives. Consider the types of influences below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People\/Family<\/li>\n<li>Culture<\/li>\n<li>Law<\/li>\n<li>Philosophy<\/li>\n<li>Religion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, consider how those influences have contributed to your beliefs on the following behaviors or situations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Right vs. Wrong<\/li>\n<li>Business<\/li>\n<li>Marriage<\/li>\n<li>Career<\/li>\n<li>Education<\/li>\n<li>Resolving Conflicts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Personal Ethical Philosophies<\/h3>\n<p>We could pull out any of the personal ethical influences, but let&#8217;s go deeper into personal philosophy. There are many kinds of philosophies, and many overlap with each other. For our purposes, I&#8217;ve identified five main philosophies for our discuss on ethics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Theologism&#8211;something is ethical if it follows divine doctrine<\/li>\n<li>Deontology&#8211;something is ethical if one feels there&#8217;s an imperative <em><strong>duty<\/strong><\/em> to perform\n<ul>\n<li>Based on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/categorical-imperative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Immanuel Kant&#8217;s categorical imperative<\/a><\/strong>, this perspective is easy to remember because of the &#8216;D&#8217; in <em>deontology<\/em> and <em>duty<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Teleology&#8211;the ends justify the means; judging whether or not the final outcome is ethical<\/li>\n<li>Utilitarianism&#8211;the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few&#8230;or one\n<ul>\n<li>Consider Mr. Spock&#8217;s moral code as a Vulcan: &#8220;The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Objectivism&#8211;extreme self interest is the ONLY ethical stance; sacrifice and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Altruism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">altruism <\/a><\/strong>are unethical\n<ul>\n<li>One must pursue one&#8217;s self-interest in order that the system creates the most ethical\/moral outcome.<\/li>\n<li>The example is from capitalist theory: the butcher, baker, and candlestick maker all pursue their individual self interests and produce the best products at the best prices.<\/li>\n<li>Therefore, the butcher makes money and pays the baker for goods; the baker uses that profit to buy from the candlestick maker; and so on.<\/li>\n<li>Sacrificing for others&#8211;where you end up worse off&#8211;is a corruption of this system.<\/li>\n<li>This is based on the extreme capitalist philosophy of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Objectivism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ayn Rand<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Ethical Dilemmas for You<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl2116-014spring2023\/engl2116april10\/\">Let&#8217;s go back to today&#8217;s page<\/a><\/strong> and follow the links to our <strong><a title=\"Ethical Dilemmas for Class Discussion\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl2116-014spring2023\/engl2116april10\/ethicaldilemmasclass\/\">ethical discussion page<\/a><\/strong> and your <strong><a title=\"Ethical Dilemmas for Homework\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl2116-014spring2023\/engl2116april10\/ethicaldilemmashomework\/\">ethical dilemma homework<\/a><\/strong>. Here are a couple for practice, and these are for homework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethical Analysis Discussion Below is a way to map one&#8217;s ethical construction. Our sense of ethics comes from a variety of people and experiences. In the past I had students do a six-page analysis of their ethics, but we&#8217;re not going to do that this semester. 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