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This 6 page paper considers Thiroux's ideas in creating a personal code of ethics. The code is based on the author's ethical guidelines. Other ideas are duly noted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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code of ethics in order to flourish in this area. First, what are ethics? Ethics is considered to be a word that describes a science of morality ("Ethics," 2005). In
the realm of philosophy, ethics go to what is good or what is the right thing, and within the Western tradition, there is something called moral philosophy ("Ethics," 2005). Also,
within the realm of philosophy there is much attention to ethics and ides about right and wrong. For example, there is something called the categorical imperative, where it is thought
that moral rules must meet a litmus test. In other words, for something to be an ethical rule, it would have to be universal. It is an idea that makes
sense but there is a problem with it. Honderich (1995) writes: "The whole issue of categorical imperative is extremely controversial, however, and there are a large number of interpretations
and objections in the literature. The basic problem is that the test seems to yield both false positives such as I shall smother infants who keep me awake at night
by crying..." (p.437). One cannot mandate a rule that will result in the death of a human being. That is obvious. Other examples used to test ethics go to something
called a lying promise. If one decides it is always right to tell the truth, what if someone is faced with the option of lying to save a life? In
a life or death situation, it may be considered moral to steal or lie. Anti-abortion activists have taken this a step further, considering their murdering of abortion doctors moral. One
can see where thinking can be warped. If this is the case, what should a person do in developing a moral philosophy? Several authors and ethicists have come up
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