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Module 1 Foundations of Ethical Inquiry PDF
Module 1 Foundations of Ethical Inquiry PDF
1. General Ethics- 6. Ethics and Law – laws are imposed by the society must be
fair, just, and humane. It must be for the welfare of the people
presents truths about
and shall not be offensive to morality. There are differences on
human acts, and from
what is legal and what is moral.
these truths deduce the
general principles of 7. Ethics and Art – man’s artistic creations must have a noble
morality. purpose, which should not be offensive to morality.
2. Special Ethics-applied 8. Ethics and Political Science – politics is not bad at all.
Ethics. It applies the Politicians should set aside their personal interest, and rather
principles of General promote the welfare of the people in the society.
Ethics in different
departments of human
activity, individual and
social.
Ethics and Morality
Fallacies:
Example:
I know we don’t love each other. But if we don’t get
married it will crush my mother. You know she has a
weak heart.
Common Fallacies in Moral Reasoning
Fallacies:
Example:
That face cream can’t be good. Kim Kardashian is
selling it.
Common Fallacies in Moral Reasoning
Fallacies:
Example:
Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist and
perhaps the foremost expert in the field, says that
evolution is true. Therefore, it's true.
Common Fallacies in Moral Reasoning
Fallacies:
Example:
Gold is valuable because many people pay for it.
Common Fallacies in Moral Reasoning
Fallacies:
Example:
Our soccer team was losing until I bought new shoes.
We have not lost a game since I got my lucky shoes!
Common Fallacies in Moral Reasoning
Fallacies:
6. Hasty generalization
Example:
Three out of four schoolteachers prefer Bright Marks
Markers, but I only asked four teachers’ total.
Common Fallacies in Moral Reasoning
Fallacies:
Example:
I thought you cared about other people, but I didn't
see you at the fundraiser for the Harris Family.
Common Fallacies in Moral Reasoning
Fallacies:
Examples:
Everyone wants the new iPhone because it is the
hottest new gadget on the market!
Common Fallacies in Moral Reasoning
Fallacies:
9. Slippery slope
Example:
If we allow the principal to change the date of the
homecoming dance, what's next? He's going to want
to cancel the dance altogether!
Common Fallacies in Moral Reasoning
Fallacies:
10. Argumentum ad hominem
Example:
A mother says that she does not trust her pediatrician
because she has never been a mother.
Common Fallacies in Moral Reasoning
Fallacies:
11.Argumentum ad baculum
Example:
If you don’t accept that the Sun orbits the Earth,
rather than the other way around, then you’ll be
excommunicated from the Church.
Common Fallacies in Moral Reasoning
Fallacies:
12.Strawman fallacy
Examples:
Biology teacher begins teaching evolution by stating
that all things evolve. Student says she just can't
accept that humans came from bugs.
Common Fallacies in Moral Reasoning
Fallacies:
13. Red herring
Example:
Political candidate lays out his plan for economic
stimulus, and his opponent begins to talk about his tax
records and how he has misled the public.
Seven Steps in Moral Reasoning Model
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Thank you, any questions? Prepared by: Mr. Jayvee C.
Cebu, RPm