Diploma Estate Management: moral studies tutorial

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Chapter 1 : Importance of Moral Studies

1. Define Morality 道德 & Ethics 伦理.

Morals 道德

principles of right and wrong in personal behavior
a personal standard of beliefs concerning what to accept and not to accept for them to do.
all these judgement * are religion-based, culturally-based & personal-based
its more abstract &subjective.

what is judgement*? right or wrong, accept or not accept; goodness or badness

Ethics 伦理

ethos derive from Greek work meaning custom, habit, character or disposition.
concepts of ethics have been derived from religions, cultures and philosophies
branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles
ethic is governing a person's / group's behavior
conceived 设想 as shared principles promoting fairness in social and business interactions业务交互.
ethics are more practical,
three areas: metaethics, normative ethics and applied ethics

Man is responsible for moral behavior. Explain why?

Morality presupposes ( 前提 / Andaikan ) a person. Discuss.

List the 5 fundamental moral values according to Haidth's "Moral Foundatios Theory"

Jonathan Haidt has come up with a definition of Morality that is quite useful. He used secular means (the scientific method) to arrive at what he considered a sound foundation for Morality (which he denotes as synonymous with Ethics). He has reduced Morality to be comprised of five basic components.

1 Harm / Care
2 Fairness / Reciprocity
3 In-group / Loyalty
4 Authority / Respect
5 Purity / Sanctity ( Kesucian )

Is morality universal? Provide justification for your stand

There are 3 such determinants of morality. State the 3 sources principles of determinatns and provide the example of each point

Chapter 2 : Ethical and Value Concepts

what is the difference between immoral and amoral?

Differentiate between Deontic judgments and Aretaic judgement. Provide examples in your explanation.

State and explain
extrinsic values and intrinsic values
subjective values and objective values
relative values and absolute values

in your view, is moral dilemma can be classified as a complex situation? Elaborate your answer

The concept of value is used to resolve Moral Conflicts. Do you agree witht he contention. Discuss

Case Study

Time is of the Essence...

Jenny is a private college student. She has been working extra hours at her part-time job in a clothing Store. The store needs her help to promote sales because the Mega Sale rush for the coming Eid Fitri festival is Starting.

She also needs the money to pay her tuition fees next semester and to fix her car so that she can drive home for the long Semester holidays. The coming holiday season also means the end of the semester, and unfortunately, final examinations. Jenny simply does not have time to study for all of her examinations as well as work the extra hours she needs.

Something has to be sacrificed, and she decides to pretend being sick on the day of her Business Management final examination paper so that she can take the make-up examination the next week, giving her more time to study. - -

She knows that it will not be hard to get a medical certificate (MC) from the busy college health clinic saying that she's too sick to take the examination. Her friend, Dennis, works there and can 'borrow' a page of their letterhead stationery. - - . . "Even if I have to lie, it's fair that I get extra time to study," Jenny tells herself, "because I have to work, and I can't study all the time like students who have their parents to pay for everything"

Questions:

1. Jenny seems to see her lie as a simple case of manipulating an unfair system. Is there anything wrong with manipulating the System? Is her Strategy fair to the other Students in her business management class?

2. Jenny seems to justify her behaviour with a vague idea that 'unfair' differences between people (such as wealth) that have nothing to do with effort or intelligence should not be reflected in their grades. What do you think about her claim that she deserves more time to study than other students because they do not have to earn their own money?

3. Lying is a universally accepted bad moral value. Justify why lying is immoral and unethical.