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Ethics, Values, and Morality

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Technologies generate questions. Questions about how to live with them, make them, understand their implications, share their benefits, and limit their harms. Sometimes the questions are specific: what does a new way of doing something mean for those who re-shape their lives around it? At other times, the questions are broader: should this technology exist at all? This section brings together the substantial contributions that anthropologists have made to discussing and analysing the disquiet and awe of technological advance, and the languages—ethics, values, and morality—through which it has been addressed. In this Introduction, we review the anthropology of technology as seen through the lenses of ethics, morality, and values, covering both historical attention to these areas of concern and contemporary work. We then introduce the chapters of this section, situating the seven ethnographies in these broader literatures and narrating their shared concerns. From the embodiment of values in material form to their contestation through conversation, policy, and practice, we make visible the registries of contemporary contestations over technology, and the means by which people struggle to settle normative questions about the form that human futures should take.

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This essay about the intricate interplay of morals, values, and ethics in shaping human behavior and societal dynamics. It explores how these fundamental principles serve as guiding forces in navigating life’s complexities and influencing our decisions and interactions. By examining the significance of morals as internal compasses, values as guiding stars, and ethics as frameworks for interpersonal conduct, the essay highlights their collective impact on individual lives and broader societal structures. It emphasizes the importance of understanding and integrating these principles into our daily lives to foster a more just, compassionate, and sustainable world.

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In the intricate web of human existence, the interplay of morals, values, and ethics forms the very fabric of our collective conscience. Like skilled artisans, we navigate the threads of our beliefs and principles, crafting a tapestry of behavior that defines who we are and how we interact with the world around us.

Morals, those inner guideposts of right and wrong, are deeply ingrained within us, shaped by our upbringing, experiences, and cultural heritage. They serve as the bedrock of our moral compass, steering us through the complexities of life’s ethical dilemmas.

Whether it’s the golden rule instilled by our parents or the teachings of our faith, morals provide us with a sense of direction, guiding our actions and decisions with a moral clarity that transcends individual preferences.

Values, meanwhile, are the hues and shades that color the canvas of our lives, reflecting what we hold dear and prioritize above all else. From the pursuit of truth and justice to the bonds of family and community, our values shape our aspirations and shape the trajectory of our journey. They are the guiding stars that illuminate our path, guiding us towards fulfillment and purpose in a world fraught with uncertainty and change.

Ethics, the silent architects of our societal structures, provide the framework upon which we build our interactions with others. Rooted in principles of fairness, integrity, and respect for human dignity, ethics govern the rules of engagement in our personal and professional lives. Whether it’s the Hippocratic Oath sworn by doctors or the code of conduct upheld by business leaders, ethics serve as the invisible hand that maintains order and harmony within our communities.

Together, these three pillars form the cornerstone of human civilization, binding us together in a shared tapestry of values and beliefs. Yet, as we traverse the ever-changing landscape of the modern world, the threads of morality, values, and ethics are constantly tested and reshaped by the forces of progress and innovation. From the ethical implications of artificial intelligence to the moral dilemmas posed by genetic engineering, our ability to navigate these uncharted waters will determine the course of our collective destiny.

In conclusion, the tapestry of human conduct is a complex and ever-evolving masterpiece, woven together by the threads of morals, values, and ethics. As we embark on this journey of self-discovery and societal transformation, let us embrace the diversity of perspectives and experiences that enrich our shared humanity. For only by weaving together the disparate threads of our existence can we create a future that is both vibrant and resilient, grounded in the timeless principles of justice, compassion, and integrity.

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• 2. Topic: “MORAL VALUES AND ETHICS”. Presented by, Wisal Ahmad (112). Iftikhar Hussain.(116) Asad Ali. (134) Ilyas Wazir. (114) 2
• 3. Business Ethics: What Does It Really Mean? Definitions Ethics involves a discipline that examines good or bad practices within the context of a moral duty Business ethics include practices and behaviors that are good or bad 3
• 4. Three Key Branches of Ethics Descriptive ethics involves describing, characterizing and studying morality “What is” Normative ethics involves supplying and justifying moral systems “What should be” 4
• 5. Applied ethics about “how” moral outcomes can be achieved in specific situations; 5
• 6. Moral Values. Moral values are the standards of good and evil, which govern an individual’s behavior and choices. OR Values are the criteria for determining good and bad, fair and unfair, just and unjust. 6
• 7. Types of “Values”. Universal Values: It has the same value or worth for all, or almost all people. Eg, Sanctity of human life, Peace, and human dignity. Instrumental Values: These are values that can be used to get something else. Examples of these would include Progress (which allows leisure time), Freedom (Through which we can get dignity and/or self actualization), and Knowledge (which helps us to get economic prosperity, and progress). 7
• 8. Intrinsic Values: ( opposite to instrumental value) Something has intrinsic worth simply because of what it is, and not necessarily what it will lead to. For example ,beauty, artistic expression and happiness. We value them because they are an important aspect of life. Prerequisite Values: These are values that are necessary before you can get to some bigger goal. Examples of this type of value include safety (which is needed before people can even think about having anything else), Justice (which is needed before we can move onto equality), or the common good (which must be honored if we can 8 ever get to a state of peace).
• 9. Paramount Values: It is the value which is above all other things. For example, freedom (which many people have given up their lives for and see as essential to a decent life). Operative Values: These types of values are the ways that we make judgments on how to live the rest of our lives. We use these values as the overarching and guiding principles which tell us what is always right and wrong. For example, Integrity, Honesty, and Loyalty. 9
• 10. Other many sources of Values. Regions of Fellow Workers Fellow Workers Country Family Profession The Individual Conscience Friends Employer The Law Religious Society at Large Beliefs 10
• 11. Sources of Moral Values. Here we discuss the following; Religion. Science. Culture. Law. 11
• 12. Religion Religion is the greatest source of values. Religion also teaches us how to behave and acts as a unconscious policing action. For example, Sikhism religion teaches that they should cover their head before praying to whom they worship and not eating meat. 12
• 13. Science An another source of values. Actually science’s main objective is to prove certain facts, phenomenon’s and other things right or wrong. For example, it is scientifically proven that working yourself too hard can lead to health problems. Thus, science helps us realize that there are better ways to live and thrive in our environment. 13
• 14. Culture Culture refers to a set of values, rules & standards transmitted among generations & acted upon to produce behaviors that fall within acceptable limits. These rules & standards always play an important part in determining values. For example, its good to give place to elder one. 14
• 15. Law Laws are rules of conduct, approved by legislatures that guide human behavior in any society. They codify ethical expectations & keep changing when new evils emerge. But laws cannot cover all ethical expectations of society. For example, law forbids snatching. 15
• 16. IMPORTANCE OF VALUES Personal values Every one knows that life is precious – that life is important. We all protect our life because we care for it more than anything else. If life is so important, the values of life are even more important. Values are guiding principles, or standards of behavior which are regarded desirable, important and held in high esteem by a particular society in which16 a
• 17. PERSONAL VALUES(cont’d) Character Modeling Our values are a reflection of our spirituality; our character. They are what we hope to model for our children and the children around us, because children do watch us as they develop their own sense of right and wrong. Regarding personal character, Father of Indian Nation M.K Ghandi says……….. 17
• 18. Character Modeling(cont’d) If wealth is lost, nothing is lost" If health is lost, something is lost" If character is lost, everything is lost" est of all things is character. Remember the “CHINESE PROVERB”. “If there is righteousness in the heart, there will 18 be beauty in character, if there is beauty in
• 19. OTHER PERSONAL VALUES ARE…  Honesty  Respectfulness  Bravery  Courage  Affection towards humanity  Patience  Truthfulness  Beauty  Responsibility  Justice …..etc 19
• 20. SIGNIFICANCE OF VALUES FROM BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE A value is a belief, a mission, or a philosophy that is really meaningful to the business. An example of a business value is: "Customer Satisfaction.“ Thus a business value is the company’s criteria for achieving a high level of performance. For example, Merck, the pharmaceutical company became so successful in its field because the company was so dedicated to the value of "high quality and purity of its drug products". Because of this perceived value, distributors felt secure carrying Merck products, and felt confident recommending the products to their customers. 20
• 21. Good reputation of the business leads to higher value. Reputation and good word of mouth advertising is essential to business survival in today's wretched economic climate and no business can afford to ignore an unhappy customer. Unhappy customers have the ability to besmirch your good reputation in a matter of hours. 21
• 22. All businesses consider some value based on which the businesses are conducted Businesses include transactions, dealings, exchanges etc. to explain lets take the example of exchange. Exchange means “giving something and receiving something”. CONDITIONS FOR EXCHANGE: >>>> 22
• 23. VALUE’s IMPORTANCE (cont’d) here are 4 conditions for exchange. here must be two parties to exchange something. . They must be willing to exchange. . Capable of exchanging something. hat thing must be worth exchangeable. 23
• 24. f there’s no consideration of value OR if no value is taken into account, there will be no exchange and thus cannot be called business. So in businesses value is worth mentionable. he same case applies to making purchases, selling inventories etc. ome other business values are…… 24
• 25. ONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT The desire and ability of the company to develop and incorporate ways to improve itself. USTOMER DELIGHT The positive emotional response and joy that the customer feels from interaction with the company's people and products and services. EVELOPING PEOPLE The desire and ability of the company to improve the lot of the employees working for it. NNOVATION The desire and ability of the company to venture 25
• 26. AXIMUM UTILIZATION (OF RESOURCES) The desire and ability of the company to improve its performance by full utilization of its current resources. OMMITMENT TO SOCIETY The commitment of the company to focus on the social needs and aspirations of the society. 26
• 27. Any Question……… 27

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Why moral ethics and moral values are important in our lives?

Moral values and moral ethics are very important for a human’s personal and social development. Values, morals and ethics are all tied together. Values are what we learn since childhood, from our parents, teachers, and immediate surroundings, etc. We are taught to follow the Moral values of life taught to us, but many of us, as we grow up, eventually find it difficult to follow the values like truthfulness, kindness, forgiveness, honesty, etc. By doing this, we are only degrading the values taught to us and complicating our lives. Finding True Meaning of Life

Without moral values and moral ethics, we humans are just animals who could speak. Moral values of life define your character, your upbringing and your background. Only wise people, with moral ethics and values have the audacity and the will to change the world with their deeds and thoughts. Moral values have always been a part of our lives, and must always be. Finding True Meaning of Life

Few Moral values and ethics that we should always follow in life are: Appreciation: We must appreciate every little effort that people do for us and/or for the betterment and development of the society and the world. Believe in others: We should never lose hope and faith in others. Even if things go wrong, we must believe in others, especially our loved ones, family members and friends, because one day, we know, everything will be back to fine. Finding True Meaning of Life

Caring: It makes you a better person inside out. Be it a little stray dog or your pet, your younger sibling or your mother, your best friend or your spouse, caring makes every relationship pure and long lasting. Caring will only bring smiles everywhere. Honesty: As they say it is the best policy. We, though, sometimes get diverted from our path of honesty, but we must come back to it. Honesty might get you the best rewards initially, but eventually, when things get clear, you will only experience triumph and happiness. Finding True Meaning of Life

Forgiveness: There’s nothing wise in thinking repeatedly what has gone. Mistakes are a part of life. Mistakes always teaches us important life lessons. Mistakes are a proof that we are trying. We must always believe that everything happens for a reason, and to maintain peace and harmony among the relations, we must always take a step ahead by forgiving small mistakes and others. Mistakes could be forgiven, only if things are learnt and they would not be repeated in the future. Finding True Meaning of Life

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My Moral Values

Introduction.

In the context of personal character, values are intangible qualities that are regarded as worth possessing due to their usefulness, importance or desirability. Virtually all values are morally relative in the sense that a particular value may seem good and beneficial to one person and yet be outright bad or inimical to others. So, values can be moral or otherwise depending on who is making the judgment. Moral values refer to a set of positive standards and principles that tend to guide or determine how a person distinguishes right from wrong, thus regulating his behaviours and choices. Great moral values have one thing in common – they dignify, enhance and protect life for the good of all.

What determines a person’s moral values?

There are three major sources from which we derive our moral values. One of these is from society and government. The customs, cultures and traditions of society as well as the laws enacted by governments all together shape and define the moral values of individuals within the community, whether we are looking at a small town, state, nation or the global community. Events as well as cultural and legal changes inevitably result in changes in the general moral value. Another source of moral value is religion, ideology or creed. The belief system or philosophical leanings of individuals leave in them a set of codes and list of dos and don’ts which shape and concretize their sense of good and evil, right and wrong. In spite of some of its variants with contradictory showings, Christianity rises well above all other religions and philosophies in going beyond a system of dos and don’ts, emphasizing a vital relationship with God through His Son and setting moral values that clearly transcend society’s mores and man’s selfish instincts. A final source from which moral value is derived is from within one’s own self. There is an innate, instinctive tendency to, from within one’s self, distinguish right from wrong. Evidence of this is ably demonstrated by toddlers who watch their parent before going for or against an instruction. As knowledge increases and an individual grows from childhood to adulthood, he strengthens his ability to make choices between the forbidden and acceptable, kind or cruel, generous or selfish, from within his own self. This ability, though untaught, is usually modified or tamed by the earlier two sources of moral values.

My moral values have been largely influenced by my family upbringing, that is, what my parents taught me while growing up and my strong Christian faith. In addition to this, however, there is considerable contribution from my education, personal experience, my appreciation of how government works and cultural integration in our global village of diverse but same humanity. It may not be possible to list them all but the core of my moral values are represented by these few: integrity, love, courage, respect, obedience, responsibility, kindness, fairness, humility, politeness and modesty.

Moral values are only truly valuable when put into action. The essence of knowing and cultivating fine moral values is not to hold them deep within but to put them into action whenever and wherever they are required.

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