ETHICS
Vision Sophia – wisdom
Bulacan State University is a progressive
knowledge-generating institution
Philosophia – Love of wisdom
globally recognized for excellent
instruction, pioneering research, and Philosophy – love of wisdom
responsive community engagements
Philosopher – lover of wisdom
Mission
Philosophizing – Making love with
Bulacan State University exists to wisdom
produce highly competent, ethical and
service-oriented professionals that How can Philosophy help us?
contribute to the sustainable socio-
economic growth and development of
the nation Philosophy trains our mind to think in
multitude ways.
Critical Thinking
SOAR
• The analysis of facts, with
-SERVICE TO GOD AND COMMUNITY
certain levels of rigor and
-ORDER AND PEACE
problem-solving abilities, to
-ASSURANCE OF QUALITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY form a judgment.
-RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY • Critical thinking refers to the
ability to analyze information
What is Philosophy? objectively and make a
Pilosopo reasoned judgment. It involves
-nagdadahilan the evaluation of sources, such
-nangangatwiran as data, facts, observable
Nagrarason phenomena, and research
findings.
Real meaning Positive Thinking/Mindset
-nag-iisip - What the Mind Conceives,
Nagpapakatao the Body Achieves.
Human being = Thinking being - You Attract What We Think
- A Positive Attitude Will Get
Philo – Love - You Positive Result
ETHICS
Creativity - as conceived, interpreted,
concluded, deducted by our human
• A phenomenon whereby something
intellectual faculty - our mind
new and somehow valuable is formed.
• the ability to make or otherwise bring
What is Ethics?
into existence something new, whether
Good life? - PARADISE
a new solution to a problem, a new
UTOPIA - an unblemished state of life
method or device, or a new artistic
where people share a common goal
object or form
• An act of creativity can be grand and
What is ETHICS?
inspiring, such as creating a beautiful
• a practical and normative science
painting or designing an innovative new
• based on reason
product
• which studies human acts
Studying Philosophy Helps Us Develop:
• and provides norms for their goodness
and badness
• CRITICAL THINKING
• POSITIVE THINKING/MINDSET
PRACTICAL SCIENCE = a systematized
• CREATIVITY body of
knowledge that is applicable to human
action
PHILOSOPHY is a
NORMATIVE SCIENCE = a systematized
- SCIENCE body of
- it’s a systematized body of knowledge that provides guidelines,
knowledge regulations or
- OF ALL THINGS set of rules to maintain a sense of
- deals with everything under the sun direction
(including the sun)
- BY THEIR ULTIMATE CAUSES BASED ON REASON = should be
- how it exists and why it exists reasonable
- IN THE LIGHT OF HUMAN REASON
ALONE
ETHICS
STUDIES HUMAN ACTS: Ethics and Its Relation to Other Sciences
2 Types of Actions that Man Elicits:
1. HUMAN ACTS (Voluntary) – actions Ethics & Logic
done with full knowledge and full
• Ethics is the science of right living
consent of the will
• Logic is the science of right thinking
2. ACTS OF MAN (Involuntary) – actions
done without full knowledge of and Ethics & Psychology
without the consent of the will
• Psychology deals how man behaves
• Ethics deals how man SHOULD
ETHICS behave
PROVIDES NORMS FOR THE GOODNESS
AND
Ethics & Sociology
BADNESS OF A CERTAIN ACT:
• Sociology deals with social order
✓ Reward
• Ethics deals with moral order
✓ Punishment
Ethics & Economics
• Economics deals with earning a living
The Importance of Studying Ethics while
➢To understand our nature: are we providing one’s services in the society
naturally good or
• Ethics deals with quality of service and
are we naturally bad? decent
➢To serve as a guide to develop certain way of living
qualities to Ethics & Education
attain real happiness • Education provides knowledge and
➢To give us direction – a sense of skills
meaning and purpose • Ethics provides wisdom and character
➢To understand different ethical Ethics & Law
principles so we can
• Law deals with the external acts
make a stand and make better
decisions • Ethics deals with the internal acts:
thoughts
and desires
ETHICS
Ethics & Aesthetics
• Ethics aims to obtain a harmony of
people
• Aesthetics aims to appreciate the
harmony of things
Ethics & Politics
• Politics aims towards attainment of
good government
• Ethics aims to train and maintain a
good leader
Ethics & Religion
• Religion aims the attainment of man’s
supreme purpose in fulfillment of one’s
spiritual obligation
• Ethics aims the attainment of man’s
supreme purpose in fulfillment of one’s
moral
Obligation
Standards of Morality
3 Moral Bases That Will Help One Uphold
An Ethical Principle (Immanuel Kant)
✓ Human Freedom
✓ Immortality of the Soul
✓ Existence of God
The Divisions of Ethics
General ethics
- Normative ethics
- Non-normative ethics
Applied ethics
- Special ethics
- Professional ethics
