Lesson 4
* Ethical
Reasoning
, Ethical Reasoning
w h e n eve r
① Ethical reasoning requires individuals to reflect on the nature of the choice
one has to make
② After reflection one is ready to analyze the nature of the choice
that the faces
person .
③ After analysis the person is ready to make the choice
① Reflecting on choices
* A key point to bear in mind is that ethics provides a mean to justify in a
rational manner the actions we take in a professional ( or personal) context .
,
* Each action is thus justified as ethical
,
if et es made on the basis of some
ethical rule . ( ex : be favor in your dealings with others → ethical action
treat yourself the same as others ethical rule
way →
* Deontological
muumuu
theory : an action is
only as valid as the means
adopted to accomplish the action .
If the
means are not good ,
then the action that
comes about is not ethically good .
② Analyzing choices
* Each choice comes with different courses of action
* some of these choices have major consequences for your career or the
company you work for .
Therefore ,
it is important to take the time to
analyze the choice carefully
* From this analysis to
you should present
be able to
,
a clear reason
support the
decision
you make
③ Making the choice
about to take If you
* It
may
be appropriate to think about the action that you are .
are a bit this might be the time to re analyze the choice that
uneasy you
-
,
face
* Ethical
Reasoning
, Ethical Reasoning
w h e n eve r
① Ethical reasoning requires individuals to reflect on the nature of the choice
one has to make
② After reflection one is ready to analyze the nature of the choice
that the faces
person .
③ After analysis the person is ready to make the choice
① Reflecting on choices
* A key point to bear in mind is that ethics provides a mean to justify in a
rational manner the actions we take in a professional ( or personal) context .
,
* Each action is thus justified as ethical
,
if et es made on the basis of some
ethical rule . ( ex : be favor in your dealings with others → ethical action
treat yourself the same as others ethical rule
way →
* Deontological
muumuu
theory : an action is
only as valid as the means
adopted to accomplish the action .
If the
means are not good ,
then the action that
comes about is not ethically good .
② Analyzing choices
* Each choice comes with different courses of action
* some of these choices have major consequences for your career or the
company you work for .
Therefore ,
it is important to take the time to
analyze the choice carefully
* From this analysis to
you should present
be able to
,
a clear reason
support the
decision
you make
③ Making the choice
about to take If you
* It
may
be appropriate to think about the action that you are .
are a bit this might be the time to re analyze the choice that
uneasy you
-
,
face
