Chapter 3: The Relationship of

Ethics with other Sciences and

other Phases of Human Life
Armendarez, Nicole D.
Domingo, Bea Nichole L.
Ederosas, Chraine Britt H.
Serrato, Maria Crisanda D.

Introduction
What is Ethics?
It is a branch of philosophy that studies the nature

and the morality of human conduct.

It is related to other sciences because it also deals
with the investigation of the nature of a man as a
rational being.
The main focus of ethics is to study mans nature
and his behavior.
Material Object- Human Conduct
Formal Object- Morality

1. Relationship of Ethics with

Other Sciences
-In here, the relationship of ethics is being
compared to other sciences.
1) Ethics and Logic
2) Ethics and Psychology
3) Ethics and Sociology
4) Ethics and Economics

Ethics
Logic
It is the study of correct action or doing.
It is aimed at the right acting

and behavior.
Focuses on the demands of the subjective human world and relationships.
People-oriented
It shows peoples feelings

directly through emotions.

It studies the process of correct and organized thinking.
It is aimed at right thinking.
Focuses on the demands of the material, nonhuman world or world of things.
Task-oriented
It shows peoples feelings by doing things for your partner

Ethics

Psychology

Studies how man ought to behave

Concerned with mans moral obligation or the result of his behavior
It is mainly the study of human behavior from the perspective of

morality

Studies how man behave

It is not interested in the morality of human

behavior
It is the scientific study of mental and behavioral characteristics.

Ethics
-Study of moral order in
the society

Sociology
-Study of the social
order

There is no social order if there is no moral order.

The foundation of any society depends on the

moral values of people.

Society depends on Ethics for its underlying
principles.

Ethics Economics
Ethics enters economics;
Economists have ethical
values that help shape the
way they do economics.
Economic actors (consumer,
workers) have ethical values
that shapes their behavior.
Economic institutions and policies impact people
differentially.
It deals with the study of wages, labor, production and
distribution of wealth.
Fiduciary relationships must be governed by human values.
Moral norms and moral rules should guide peoples behavior.

2. Relationship of Ethics with Other

Phases of Human Life
5) Ethics and Law
6) Ethics and Religion
7) Ethics and the Professional Codes of
Conduct
8) Ethics and Etiquette
9) Ethics and Education
10) Ethics and Art

Ethics

Law

Deals with morality

(the moral law)

It investigates and probes the internal disposition
of man, such as his motivation and thoughts.
Concerned with the internal disposition of man
It may be defined as crystallized ethics.
It presuppose the concepts of right and wrong,

good and bad, even the rules of conduct.

Regulate the external regulation of mans action

Ethics

Religion

Discipline or set of moral principles

It is the values governing an individual/

institutional behavior
Both ethics and religion
Both have the same
Service and worship of God
Expressed as a personal or institutional set of

beliefs, attitudes and practice

suggest and assume the

Ethics and Professional Codes of Conduct

Professional is relating to or characteristic of a

profession; engaged in one of the professions;

participating for gain in activity not engaged in by
amateurs.
Professionalism is the conduct that characterizes a
profession or a professional person; or it can also be
the pursuit of a profession for gain or livelihood.
Professions are groups which declare in a public
manner that their members will act in certain ways
according to their profession.

Ethics and Etiquette

Etiquette came from a French word which

means ticket.
Etiquette practically means rules and
conduct of behavior that are supposed to be
followed in special situations but today the
etiqutte refers to a special code of behavior
like saying thank you

Ethics and Education

Education is defined as an instruction or

training by which people learn to develop

and use their mental, moral and physical
powers and abilities.
Education is the one way of gaining
experiences about human life.

Ethics

Art

It is aimed at conforming

- It is concerned it
to an accepted standard with the use of of
behavior.
imagination to
make things of
aesthetic
significance.
Both true art and true ethics have the same aim:
That is, to arouse and to inspire the noble
emotions of man, thereby creating no conflict at
all.