1. Ethics is the science concerning right or wrong of a human action. It is also the principles, norms and standards of conduct governing an individual or group. Ethics is the code of “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” The most common way of defining “ethics” norms for conduct that distinguishes between acceptable and unacceptable behavior. Ethics in practice that makes sense. Ethics is the branch of study dealing with what is the proper course of action for man. It answers questions, “what do I do”? Ethics is the method by which we categorize our values and pursue them. There are several reasons why studying ethics is important. Ethics is a requirement for human life. It is our means of deciding a course of action. Without it, our actions would be random and aimless. There would be no way to work towards a goal because there would be no way to pick between a limitless numbers of goals. One is because norms, promotes the aims of research, such as knowledge, truth, and avoidance of error. An example of this would be falsifying or misrepresenting research data promote the truth and avoid error. Another reason why ethics is important to study is because it promotes the values that are essential to collaborative work, such as trust, accountability, mutual respect, and fairness. The third reason why ethics is important to study is for many ethical norms help to ensure that researchers can be held accountable to the public. Ethical norms in research also help to build public support for research.
2. The difference between ethics and morality is that morals define a person character while ethics stress a social system in which those morals are applied. Meaning, ethics point to standard or codes of behavior expected by the group to which the individual belongs. While an individual moral code is usually unchanging, the ethics he or she practices can be other-dependent. When determine the two differences, consider
3. There are four major ethical theories. One is Ethical Contractarianism. This theory justifies moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty. It is also the general ethical theory that individuals making the right choice under a hypothetical social contract. It is an individual that is entered into freely made agreements. It is when the person is happy, content with the outcome. An example contractarianism is no ignorance, no inequalities of power enabling one party to force unjust solution upon another and no malicious ambitions. The next ethic theory is called the Deontology. It is the normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the actions adherence to a rule or rules. This focuses on the motivation behind a particular action. An example of this is a friend is banging on your door pleading to be let in because he or she is pursued by the police but in this case the police are misguided because of false information and if they catch your friend the truth will never come out. Virtue Ethics emphasizes the role of one’s character and the virtues that one’s character embodies for determining or evaluating ethical behavior. Virtue ethics is one of the three major approaches to normative ethics, often contrasted to deontology which emphasizes duty to rule and consequentialism. An example of virtue ethics is patience. Utilitariansim is a theory in normative ethics holding that a proper course of action is the one that maximizes utility, usually defined as maximizing happiness and reduce suffering.
4. The ethical responsibilities of an individual in the community are to help those that are in need. To strengthen the community in every way as possible. The community needs leaders, and followers that would keep crime at a low rate. Those that are in need of anything, it is ethical to make sure that the community gets what is needed.
5. Social responsibility is an