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Moral Standards VS Non Moral Standards 2

This document discusses the differences between moral and non-moral standards. It defines morality as relating to standards of right and wrong, good and evil behavior. Moral standards involve rules about actions that are right or wrong and judgments of what is good or bad. Non-moral standards are rules unrelated to morality, like etiquette or rules of games. Moral standards deal with matters that can seriously impact people, should be preferred over other values, are not determined by authorities, apply universally, are based on impartial considerations, and guide actions and emotions.

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Moral Standards VS Non Moral Standards 2

This document discusses the differences between moral and non-moral standards. It defines morality as relating to standards of right and wrong, good and evil behavior. Moral standards involve rules about actions that are right or wrong and judgments of what is good or bad. Non-moral standards are rules unrelated to morality, like etiquette or rules of games. Moral standards deal with matters that can seriously impact people, should be preferred over other values, are not determined by authorities, apply universally, are based on impartial considerations, and guide actions and emotions.

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Moral Standards VS Non

Moral Standards
Prepared By: Gladys M. Babiera, RPm
Morality
• Morality may refer to the standards that a person or a group has
about what is right and wrong, or good and evil. Accordingly, moral
standards are those concerned with or relating to human behavior,
especially the distinction between good and bad (or right and wrong)
behavior.
Moral Standards
• Moral standards involve the rules people have about the kinds of
actions they believe are morally right and wrong, as well as the values
they place on the kinds of objects they believe are morally good and
morally bad. Some ethicists equate moral standards with moral
values and moral principles.
Non-Moral Standards
• Non-moral standards refer to rules that are unrelated to moral or
ethical considerations. Either these standards are not necessarily
linked to morality or by nature lack ethical sense. Basic examples of
non-moral standards include rules of etiquette, fashion standards,
rules in games, and various house rules.
Six Characteristics of Moral
Standards
a. Moral standards involve serious wrongs or significant benefits.
Moral standards deal with matters which can seriously impact, that is,
injure or benefit human beings. It is not the case with many non-moral
standards. For instance, following or violating some basketball rules
may matter in basketball games but does not necessarily affect one’s
life or wellbeing.
b. Moral standards ought to be preferred to other values.
c. Moral standards are not established by authority figures.
Moral standards are not invented, formed, or generated by
authoritative bodies or persons such as nations’ legislative bodies.
Ideally instead, these values ought to be considered in the process of
making laws. In principle therefore, moral standards cannot be changed
nor nullified by the decisions of particular authoritative body. One thing
about these standards, nonetheless, is that its validity lies on the
soundness or adequacy of the reasons that are considered to support
and justify them
d. Moral standards have the trait of universalizability.
Simply put, it means that everyone should live up to moral standards.
To be more accurate, however, it entails that moral principles must
apply to all who are in the relevantly similar situation. If one judges
that act A is morally right for a certain person P, then it is morally right
for anybody relevantly similar to P.
e. Moral standards are based on impartial considerations.
Moral standard does not evaluate standards on the basis of the
interests of a certain person or group, but one that goes beyond
personal interests to a universal standpoint in which each person’s
interests are impartially counted as equal.
f. Moral standards are associated with special emotions and
vocabulary.
Prescriptivity indicates the practical or action-guiding nature of moral
standards. These moral standards are generally put forth as injunction
or imperatives (such as, ‘Do not kill,’ ‘Do no unnecessary harm,’ and
‘Love your neighbor’). These principles are proposed for use, to advise,
and to influence to action. Retroactively, this feature is used to evaluate
behavior, to assign praise and blame, and to produce feelings of
satisfaction or of guilt.

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