What is ethics?
Ethics is a human, social, theoretical and behavioral science, under which the behavior of ordinary human beings living in society is evaluated or studied.
Ethics can be studied 'as a subject'and 'as a moral system in society'.
Ethics as a Subject
Ethics, when studied as a subject, is seen as a science in which its systematic observation, its subject matter and some fundamental principles or rules are discovered.
For example, in the first point above, ethics It is defined as a human,social, theoretical and practical science and the study of common human beings living in society, their behavior and behavior is the subject matter of this science.
What are these four points of subject matter. Let us see. The term 'living in society' refers to the relative concept of society, that is, 'ethics' does not apply to the individual, here the whole society is studied.
"Normal man" shall not include animals, birds, children up to seven years of age, mentally retarded persons with persons who are in a particular state (such as in intoxication or semi-conscious).Whoever there are other people, they are ordinary human beings to whom the words of 'ethics' apply.'
Conduct' is a type of human activity which is also called 'moral action'. The second type of human activity is 'policy zero action' a person is considered moral or immoral only with reference to those actions of which he has been free to decide. This freedom is called 'freedom of will' i.e. 'freedom of determination'. goes Thus, conduct or moral action refers to those actions which are done on the basis of freedom of will. On the contrary, all those actions which do not have 'freedom of will', are called moral actions.
'Evaluation' means the judgment of what is right or wrong. In ethics, the means that lead to a good goal are justified. In simple words, actions that are in accordance with moral principles are right and actions unfavourable, this study of right and wrong is called 'evaluation'.Above we have known ethics as a science and discussed its subject matter in different points. Now let us see what is ethics as a moral system in society?
