A Deeper Understanding of Ethics

A deeper understanding of Ethics
Ethics
is a branch of Philosophy that studies human acts and human conduct. Although there
are subjects that study human conduct such as Psychology and Sociology. Ethics has a
deeper meaning in its standpoint by further delving into the aspect of human acts. They
are more concerned with the morality of human acts.
Noted definition of Ethics
1. Ethics is the practical science of the morality of human actions
2. Ethics is the scientific inquiry into the principles of morality
3. Ethics is the study of human conduct from the standpoint of morality
4. Ethics is the science of human acts with reference of right and wrong
Relation of Ethics with Other Sciences
1. Ethics and Logic – Logic is the science of right thinking and while Ethics is the science
of right living. Thinking and Doing things go hand-in-hand, we cannot move without
thinking right the same way every action is guided by reason.
2. Ethics and Psychology – The two subjects dealt with the study of man, human nature
and human behavior but that is all their similarity ends. Psychology only tell us the
causes of man’s actions that may be psychological or physiological but ethics tell us how
man should react. Ethics is interested in moral obligation while Psychology ends there.
3. Ethics and Sociology – as we all know, Sociology deals with the study of society as
well as the social order that regulates the society as a whole. But then what is the
foundation of their social order if there is no basis of right and wrong which is Ethics.
Any society is doomed to fail if devoid of correct basis of thinking.
4. Ethics and Economics – Napoleon once said that an army marches on its stomach, in
relation to economics man has to fulfill is economic needs. The need for material wealth
is inherent in man that there are instances that economic topics needed ethical principles
such as capital-labor relations, profit, interests, money et al. The need to settle these
conflicts must have ethical basis to incur equitable results.
Morality and Other Phases of Human Life
1. Ethics and Education – Education whether formal or informal is a never-ending

process and is the foundation of man’s moral, intellectual and physical capacities. But
then again education is illicit if it is not supported by ethics, they say ethics is life the
same way education is intertwined with life. Learning is good but learning supported by
ethics is better inasmuch as ethics is living right.
2. Morality and Law – not everything moral is legal and not everything legal is moral.
Meaning there are good things that do not need legislation and immoral acts that the
State may approve. But to further differentiate them laws only used external acts while
ethics cover man’s “acts” that play in his mind that will not incriminate him in any statute.
For example, a plan for a robbery if discovered is not criminally liable in any court of law
but ethics said it is a fault for such “act” is intrinsically evil.
3. Ethics and Politics - Man in his constant search for happiness be it temporal or
eternal is never ending. They say politics and ethics are poles apart – in a certain point
that is correct it is the very reason why politics become dirty for they deviate from ethics.
Man’s insatiable greed for wealth and power thru politics means absence of ethics. An
ideal state should be an ethical state.
4. Ethics and Art – Ethics is about positive morality while art is beauty. Any work of art
that is beautiful, will give a positive outlook to the looker that will be greatly appreciated.
The purpose of art is for appreciation that is contributory to man’s ethics.
5. Religion and Ethics – Religion is ethics and ethics is religion, they are interchangeable
for the any religious belief tends to ethical standards in relation to his most fundamental
tenet. What unites them all boiled down to three things namely:
a) belief in the Supernatural,

b) man’s beginning and end and
c) right living.
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A deeper understanding of Ethics

Noted definition of Ethics

1. Ethics is the practical science of the morality of human actions

2. Ethics is the scientific inquiry into the principles of morality

3. Ethics is the study of human conduct from the standpoint of morality

Relation of Ethics with Other Sciences

Morality and Other Phases of Human Life

1. Ethics and Education – Education whether formal or informal is a never-ending

a) belief in the Supernatural,

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