Foundations of Moral Character and Responsibility

📋 Course Outline

1. Etymological & character
2. Morality & human acts
3. Traditional & moral science
4. Modern & creative responsibility
5. Unqualified & absolute laws
6. Graded & higher law
7. Conflicting & lesser evil
8. Ethics as norms & standards
9. Human acts & moral accountability
10. Situationism & love as law

📖 1. Etymological & character

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Etymology of Ethics: Derived from the Greek ethos, meaning custom, usage, or character; emphasizes the origin of moral principles rooted in cultural and societal habits.
• Morality: The quality or character of human acts that determines their goodness, badness, or neutrality; often associated with the standards of right and wrong.
• Traditional Ethics: A practical science focusing on the morality of human acts, analyzing what makes actions right or wrong based on natural law and duty.
• Modern Ethics: A philosophical reflection centered on creative responsibility, emphasizing individual freedom, truth, and love in moral decision-making.
• Unqualified Absolutism: The belief that multiple absolute moral laws exist and do not conflict, providing a fixed moral framework.
• Graded Absolutism: The view that absolute laws may conflict, but higher laws take precedence, guiding moral choices in complex situations.
• Conflicting Absolutism: The stance that absolute laws can conflict, requiring choosing the lesser evil when moral duties clash.
• **Ethics as…