#4 "How can we know, if at all, that our behavior is ethical?".
The questions of how to behave ethically and how to know what is and.
what is not ethical have plagued men and women for ages and for good reason.
The difference between an ethical and unethical action are not always clear.
cut and even attempting to define what is ethical is a hardy pursuit. Even.
if hypothetically anything ethical will inherently be "good" or "right" and.
anything unethical leads to "evil" or "wrong", the questions would still.
need to be answered; what is right, wrong, good and evil and does the society.
one lives in affect their conclusion. How do cognitive and emotional process,.
as well as any motives one may have, affect what they consider to be ethical?.
Is there a system or formula that can be used to decipher the ethicality of.
an action and once an action is taken is there a way to prove that it was.
ethical? By looking into these questions and others, one will find that there.
are in fact some universals, but in many cases classifying ethics becomes a.
nebulous problem of knowledge.
Ethics is also known as a moral philosophy and customarily every religion.
and culture has guidelines and common beliefs of what is considered moral.
But simply knowing what is commonly considered right or wrong is not the same.
as understanding why and this is where the ethics come in. To feel justified.
in acting in a.
right or wrong way humans rely on a personal philosophy and, therefore,.
curiosity arises about ways to know how to establish this philosophy.
properly. To logically find an appropriately ethical solution is not always.
practical or reliable. Because of the cultural relativity of one's ethics and.
near infinite amount of complicated situations, generalizing a plan of action.
that will never fail to be considered ethical is unlikely, but most theories.
have some good points. Although some believe that if one's personal ethics.
are held to a certain standard there will be no chance to make a mistake, yet.
