Presented By:

MD. AL EMRAN

HUM103Section 10

Habits of Highly Effective Students

Virtue Ethics

Basics of Ethics and Culture

Utilitarianism

Duty Ethics

Habits of Highly

Effective Students

Paradigm Shift

7 HabitsMaturity

Continuum

Change of perspective on or about something

Paradigm Shift

i. Dependence

ii. Independence

iii. Interdependence

Maturity Continuum

1. Be proactive

2. Begin with the end in mind

3. Put first things first

4. Think win-win

5. Seek first to understand then to be understood

6. Synergize

7. Sharpen the saw

7 Habits

Virtue Ethics

Eudaimonia

Virtue

Golden Mean

Elements of

culture

Values

Norms

SymbolsLanguage

Knowledge

Values

• Deeply held criteria

• To judge good or bad, desirable or undesirable, beautiful or ugly

Norms

• Rule or guideline

• To determine behavior in particular situations

Symbols• What things in our world mean

Language

• System of symbols to convey complex meanings

Knowledge

• The facts, beliefs and practical skills accumulated over time

Utility of anything is

Utility of anything is its usefulness in practice

The action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers

Act utilitarianism

An act is right if it results in as much good as

any available alternative

Focuses on quantity

Pleasures are all alike

Jeremy Bentham

John Stuart Mill

Rule utilitarianism

Focuses on quality

Pleasures are of two kinds:

1. Higher: mental pleasures; long termed

2. Lower: physical pleasures; short termed

Duty Ethics

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)

Father of human rights or human dignity

“The Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals” (1785)

Duty

• No condition

• Goodwill

Inclination

• Will be optional

Hypothetical imperative

Categorical imperative

Act as a way that if you can universalize your

action as a moral law.

Act as a way that if you can treat human as an

ends not as a means.

Act such a ways that you should respect human

autonomy.