ETHICS fines or penalties for not paying

taxes on time
Lesson 2: Rules, Moral Standards, Non-
 Certain privileges or access rights
Moral Standards, and Moral Experience
may be suspended or revoked as a
consequence for not following rules,
such as being banned from a website
or losing your driver’s license.

What if the rules are too restrictive

or unjust?
 If rules are restrictive or unjust, it
Rules is an accepted principle or instruction may be appropriate to challenge or
that states the way things are should be question them. This can be done
done, and tells you what you are allowed to through formal channels, such as by
do (Cambridge Dictionary, 2023). It may be filing a complaint or appealing a
formal or informal, and it may be legally decision, or informally, by discussing
binding or simply advisory in nature. the issue with the relevant parties
and seeking a resolution.
 It is important to keep in mind that
What are rules for? the process of changing restrictive or
unjust rules can be a long difficult
 Rules help establish a sense of order one, and may require persistence and
and predictability in a given determination.
situation, which can make it easier
for people to understand what is
expected of them and how to behave
 Rules can help ensure consistency in Methods for Adhering to Rules
how things are done, which can be
important for maintaining fairness  Compliance- This method
and preventing confusion involves adhering to rules
Rules can be used to promote safety and regulation through
in various settings, such as in the obedience and conformity
workplace or in the road  Internalization- This method
involves internalizing rules
What happens If rules are broken or
and making them a part of
violated?
one’s own values and beliefs
 Reprimands or warnings may be the  Identifying- This method
first step in addressing a rule involves understanding the
violation, especially if it is a minor reasoning and purpose behind
infraction a rule, which can be led to
 Some rules carry financial penalties greater sense of commitment
for noncompliance, such as traffic to following it
  Participation- Involves  Honesty- Involves being truthful and
actively taking part in the science, and not deliberately
creation and implementation misleading or deceiving others
of rules which can lead to a  Fairness- Involves treating other
greater sense of ownership with equal respect and justice, and
and buy in not discriminating or showing
 Monitoring and favoritism
Enforcement- Involves  Responsibility- Involves being
creating a system for accountable for one action and
monitoring compliance with fluffing one’s obligation and duties
rules and enforcing them  Compassion- Involves showing
when necessary concern and care for the suffering of
 Education and others, and taking action to alleviate
Communication- Involves that suffering
educating people about rules
Non-Moral Standard, on the other
and their purpose and
hand, are principles and values that
communicating them
govern an individual’s behavior and
effectively, which can
decision making based on what is
increase understanding and
considered practical, efficient or
acceptance of rules.
beneficial.
Moral Standard and Rule of Life
 Speed- This is a non-moral
Differentiated
standard that involves measuring
Moral Standard- Is a set of principle or how quickly something can be
guidelines that are considered to be right and done
good by a particular group or society. These  Efficiency- This is a non- moral
standards are used to guide behavior and standard that involves
make judgements about what is right and maximizing the use of resources
wrong. They are often based on religious or and minimizing waste
philosophical beliefs and can be considered  Accuracy- Involves measuring
as a guide for formal conduct the degree to which something
conforms to a standard or truth
Rules of Life, on the other hand, are specific
 Aesthetics- Involves evaluating
guidelines or instructions that are designed
the beauty or appeal of
to help individuals lead to a good and
something based on artistic
successful life.
criteria
Moral Standard are principles and values
Moral Experience can be shaped by a
that govern an individual’s behavior and
variety of factors, including cultural and
decision making based on what is
societal influences, personal experiences,
considered right and wrong good and bad,
and individual beliefs and values. It can
and just and unjust.
also be influenced by an individuals
upbringing education, and exposure to
different moral perspective.