2 Moral Standard vs. Non Moral Standard

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Moral vs.

Non-Moral
Standards
WHAT ARE MORALS?
MORALS ARE THE PERSONAL
BELIEFS SOMEONE HAS ABOUT
RIGHT AND WRONG.

THEY ARE WHAT PEOPLE USE


TO GUIDE THEM TO ACT
MORALLY.
EXAMPLE OF MORALS

HUMILITY COURAGE

GENEROSITY HONESTY

GRATITUDE KINDNESS
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MORAL,
IMMORAL AND AMORAL.
-AMORAL CAN DESCRIBE THOSE ACTIONS WITH NO
MORAL CONSEQUENCE OR INTENTION.

-IMMORAL, DESCRIBES THOSE ACTIONS WITH BAD OR


HARMFUL INTENT OR CONSEQUENCES.

-MORAL WOULD THEN DESCRIBE THE ACTIONS


STEMMING FROM GOOD INTENTIONS.
A moral person is a person
An immoral person is the one
who knows the difference
who knows what is right and
between right and wrong
what is wrong but chooses to
behavior and chooses to do
do what is wrong.
what is right.

An amoral person is a person


without moral sense or
principles and is incapable of
distinguishing between right
and wrong.
MORAL STANDARD

MORAL STANDARDS ARE VALUES


THAT A SOCIETY USES TO DETERMINE
REASONABLE, CORRECT, OR
ACCEPTABLE.
MORAL STANDARD
NORMS + VALUES = MORAL STANDARD

NORMS - GENERAL RULES

VALUES - ENDURING RULES


NON MORAL STANDARD
REFERS TO RULES THAT ARE UNRELATED TO
MORAL OR ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS.
EITHER THESE STANDARDS ARE NOT
NECESSARILY LINKED TO MORALITY OR BY
NATURE LACK ETHICAL SENSE.

BASIC EXAMPLES NON-MORAL STANDARDS


INCLUDES RULES OF ETIQUETTE, FASHION
STANDARDS, RULES IN GAMES AND VARIOUS
HOUSE RULES
MORAL NON-MORAL
STANDARD STANDARD
Example
MORAL NON-MORAL
STANDARD STANDARD
Example
ACTIVITY TIME!
IDENTIFY THE SENTENCE IF IT'S NON-MORAL
STANDARD OR A MORAL STANDARD.

1. DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES


ANS. NON-MORAL STANDARD

2. STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT


AND FAIR.
ANS. MORAL STANDARD

3. DO NOT DISRESPECT ANYONE.


ANS. MORAL STANDARD

4. RESPECT OTHERS' PROPERTY.


ANS. MORAL STANDARD

5. DO NOT TALK WHEN YOUR MOUTH IS FULL.


ANS. NON-MORAL STANDARD

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