WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Assuming that a building
is on fire, you have the
opportunity to rush inside
and save your classmates
and friends who are
trapped in the burning
building. However, by
doing so, you may risk
your life and cause grief
to your family.
"the intensification of worldwide social relations which link
distant localities in such a way that local happenings are
shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice
versa”, thereby changing all aspects of our everyday life.
1. LABOR STANDARDS
2. ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
3. CULTURAL DIVERSITY
1. LABOR STANDARDS
• due to globalization, companies in
developed
countries
relocate
to
emerging countries where they intend
to cut costs of labor.
2. ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
• with
the
developed
county's
companies
relocating to developing nations, they tend to set
up new technologies in those states. This is
considered to violate the ethical principles of the
country as the company is accused of destroying
the environment.
3. CULTURAL DIVERSITY
• when
globalization
occurs,
the
companies in new countries must
respect the culture of the new place.
The branch of
philosophy that
studies morality, it
also studies the
rightness or
wrongness of a
human conduct.
It speaks of a code
or system of
behavior in
regards to
standards of right
or wrong behavior.
How does
Globalization affect
Morality & Ethics?
The
economical
advantages
of
commerce
are
surpassed
in
importance by those of its effects,
which are intellectual and moral.
Many critics believe that globalization sets back
social and ethical agendas, such as the
reduction of child labor and poverty in poor
countries and the promotion of gender equality
and environmental protection everywhere.
The ethics of globalization should be
based on the following reality:
The existence of only one atmosphere, one
economy and one community. Therefore a law
applied by only one institution, the UN, and
only one ethics.
1. ETHICS OF VIRTUES
2. ETHICS OF DUTY
3. ETHICS OF AFFECTION
4. ETHICS OF UNIVERSAL VALUE
1. ETHICS OF VIRTUES
• be
free,
in
the
sense
of
understanding each other, be true
and fair, be tolerant and sensible
2. ETHICS OF DUTY
• a duty in itself, with family, friends
and humanity, the duty to comply
with commitments freely made;
3. ETHICS OF AFFECTION
• preferential treatment for relatives and
friends, although the end is to extend
such treatment to all humanity.
4. ETHICS OF UNIVERSAL VALUE
• freedom, equality, solidarity, justice, truth
and reason. It should understand and accept
the partiality of fraternal affection, familiar
and friendly, common to all cultures.
QUESTION
Is Ethics Globalized?
As globalization
increases, ethics must
itself become globalized.
Moral
Pluralism
The idea that there are
several values which may
be equally correct and
fundamental, and yet in
conflict with each other.
• Also known as ethical
pluralism and value pluralism
• It is a meta-ethical theory
• It is the idea that there can be
conflicting moral views that
are each worthy of respect.
• It tends to be open-minded when
faced with competing viewpoints.
• Analyze issues from several moral
points of view before deciding and
taking actions.
Moral Pluralism occupies a sensible middle
ground between:
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Assuming that a building
is on fire, you have the
opportunity to rush inside
and save your classmates
and friends who are
trapped in the burning
building. However, by
doing so, you may risk
your life and cause grief
to your family.
MORAL PLURALISM
A moral pluralist would
conclude that there is no
definitive way to decide
which is the better course
of moral action. Indeed,
moral pluralism declares
that it is sometimes
difficult to choose between
competing values.
To propose that it does not matter which
values we adhere to is, in effect, to claim that it
does not matter what behavior we adopt.
The popularity of pluralism (and relativism)
in the globalized age is accompanied by
substantial moral collapse today.