Ethics deals with principles of ethical in modern society at the level of the person, society and interaction with the environment and other shared resources. Morality pertains to the standard s of right or wrong that an individual originally picks up from the community. The course discusses the context and principles of ethical behaviour in modern society at the level of individual, society, and interaction with the environment and other shared resources.
The course also teaches students to make moral decisions by using dominant moral frameworks and by applying a seven-step moral reasoning model to analyse and solve moral dilemmas.
The course is organized according to the three (3) main elements of the moral experience: (a) agent, including context – cultural, communal, and environment; (b) the act; and (c) reason or framework (for the act.