What is Ethics? Ethics is one of the major branches of philosophy. It is a philosophical study of morality which is relative; it has limitation, standard convention, agreement, and social contract. Social contract means an actual or hypothetical agreement among the members of an organized society or between a community and it’s ruler that defines and limits the rights and duties of each. Another meaning of Ethics is that, it is a study of human and his nature. And so it is exclusive to human being, concerning human conduct (decent, virtuous, honorable, upright etc.) sometimes called moral philosophy. Ethics comes from the Greek word “Ethos” which means character or custom.
What it takes to become ethical? For me, it is no easy to identify the ethical and unethical person, because we have different cultures and we came from different races. So there are things that were ok with them or accepted in their society. Like in the Muslims, having more than one housewife was accepted in their culture or in their religion and it was normal to them. But with us it was a crime. Another example is the same sex relationship, in other countries it was accepted to married same sex persons. But in our cased, some people see it as an immortal one. So it really defends to the culture or races you are belong with. For me, what matters most is that you know what is right and what is wrong in whatever you do. And the most important thing is you must have self-discipline and of course in everything you, do you should have disciplined like in the way you talk, socialize with other people, how present yourself with other people etc. As a whole you should live your life with full of discipline and I think by then you will see yourself as an ethical one.
What good in our society can be used to save its face from declining status quo? Nowadays people rally changed from primitive living to modern life as technology arise. Technology really affects the life of many of us. Some of the girls in our society become liberated, and because of poverty there are many out of school youth. So many people lost their discipline. And I think in order for us to save our society we should not forget the good values of Filipino people. We Filipinos are known for being industrious, helpful, polite, and being courteous. We need those characteristic of ours to save our society. We must have the unity in order for us to live peacefully. We must not only dream a good and just society. We must resolve to make this dream come true.
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