Author Question: How do most people arrive at a system of personal ethics? From where do personal ethics come? ... (Read 123 times)

laurencescou · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

How do most people arrive at a system of personal ethics? From where do personal ethics come?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Define ethics.

What will be an ideal response?

diesoon · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Personal ethics usually derive from family, culture, and faith.

Where do social ethics come from?
Social ethics usually derive from constitutional, legal, utilitarian, and caring sources.

Where do conservation ethics come from?
They derive from a sense of duty to protect the ecosystem in which we live.

Answer to Question 2

Textbook definition: a system of moral, social, or cultural values that govern the conduct of an individual or community.

(Students might provide differently worded answers. Their answers should emphasize the idea of a system.)