Do You Think Ethics Should Be Taught and/or Addressed in Colleges/University?

Alex ­ 09/28/15 

Do you think Ethics should be taught and/or addressed in colleges/university?

Do you think such courses would lessen potential future ethical issues in

corporations, Particularity as global companies become the norm, due to the

Internet and other related technologies?

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​thics is an ultra significant subject and it seems very difficult to

encircle its bases. Most people confuse “ethics” with “morals.” The first word

comes from the greek word “ethos” and the second from the latin word

“mores” but both have the same signification “mores.” Morals are culturally

and rel​

igiously based on distinctions of right and wrong, therefore they can

be defined as the behaviours of a person. Ethics can be defined by

Churchill’s aphorism, “a systematic rational reflection upon that behaviour.”

I believe that ​

teaching ethics in colleges and universities will give the basis

in order to reduce ethical issues in the workplace. Teaching ethics seems to

be a major concern “Ethics teaching was a starting point, for a number of

activities,” (report of World Commission on the ethics of scientific knowledge

and technology COMEST- UNESCO 2005.) A​

pproaching and teaching ethics

means first to admit that this notion is neither a relative nor the practical

context of a country, but a general rule for all. This teaching must be really

practical in order to be efficient. In fact, training ethics is particularly

appropriate in the real world and of course within the companies.

We live in an individualistic and globalized society. Teaching ethics

might be possible in order to develop a more just and philanthropic society

with a certain humanistic conception. ​ is a very ambitious and probably

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necessary ambition. ​ you look at ethics over history, ​

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despite the fear of

God or the Devil and eternal punishment, t​ ching religion doesn’t

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necessarily make ​en and women better people. Similarly, teachin​morals

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