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Philosophy + Religion   Wrestle with what's important and purposeful for human life  
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Authentic Person   Building personal skills  
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Philosophy   Greek term meaning love of wisdom  
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Three Branches of Philosophy   Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Ethics  
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Metaphysics   Exploring questions about the overall reality of the world  
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Epistemology   The theory of knowledge  
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Ethics   What is good and right and what entails duty and responsibility  
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Challenge For Ethics   Ally knowledge to will  
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Ethical Decision-Making   Link between intent and action, and it informs both character and conduct  
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Importance Of Ethics   Significant in our understanding and undertaking of our role in society  
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Building Blocks For Moral Wisdom   Ethics requires awareness, knowledge, sensitivity, and humility  
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Ethics Represents   A way of thinking  
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Morality Constitutes   A way of acting  
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Ethics   The art and science of morals (what people ought or ought not to do)  
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Moral   Customs bespeaking moral values and principles, beliefs and behaviors  
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Right   Straight line, standard, righteous (from the Hebrew sedukah), acting in the right way especially in terms of being faithful to relationships.  
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Justice   A sacred formula or right standard beyond law, and is frequently linked with what's deemed fair, right, and even merciful  
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Law   Rules laid down or prescribed  
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Duty   What one owes to another (debt, duty, obligation)  
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Core   What is central or at the heart (indispensable)  
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Value   What one identifies as strong, significant, effective, and worthy (true and valuable)  
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Conscience   A term meaning "with science," which looks at how the mind assesses what's good and right  
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Morals   Abbreviated notation for moral values  
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Morality   What is good, right, beneficial, and desirable in the realm of human character and conduct  
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Moral   Identifies character or conduct as being good and right  
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Immoral   Denotes character or conduct that is evil or at least wrong  
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Amoral   Designates that thoughts or actions were undertaken without any reference to what's good and right  
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Ethics vs Morality   Ethics is how we think, morality is how we act  
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Varieties Of Ethics   Descriptive, Critical, Normative, and Applied  
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Cases   Focus on individuals and relationships (personal ethics)  
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Issues   Focus on society and the public (social ethics)  
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Principles   Guidelines that seek the good  
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Substance   Particulars at work  
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